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elizillaSaturday morning when I woke up, my neck had stopped hurting. Finally! Yay!
In the morning I ran some errands. Visited the picture framing shop and got the stuff I need to frame a picture I bought last year at the ConFusion art show then forgot to take last time I took things to the picture framing store. Went to Lowes and got a few things I still needed to install the electrical outlets in my garage. (I still haven't found an electrician who is willing to come out and install a circuit breaker panel for me, but desperately need to finish the garage walls so I can put things away and work in there, so I'm gonna put in the outlets even though I can't yet hook them up.)
I spent the afternoon moving things away from the two unfinished walls of the garage. I moved the bikes over to the side of the garage by the finished wall, and put a lot of stuff in boxes and milk crates. I put all the long pieces of lumber on the porch. Hopefully they won't get all wet and messed up, or blow around in the wind.
Once it got dark, it started to get really cold in there. Even with the kerosene torpedo to keep the air warm, the cold comes up from the cement floor, through the soles of my boots and into my bones. I came inside and sat on the couch and shivered for a long time. At least my neck hadn't begun hurting again.
The phone rang. It was Erik. He was going to get a free copy machine from Paul's office, where they were throwing one out. Could he use my truck? And would I be willing to come out and help move the copier?
He came over and we pulled the motorcycle ramps out of the pile of wood on the porch, and headed for Paul's office. The copier was huge, one of those fancy models that collates, feeds loose documents, staples things automagically, slices, dices, and makes curly fries. It was hard to move; we couldn't find any convenient handholds. Erik had brought a rolling dolly, which we somehow loaded it onto and strapped to, and we dragged it up the ramps into my truck. We strapped it down, still on the rolling dolly. My hands were getting colder by the second; the wind was bitter. I should have worn gloves and a hat.
As we pulled out of the parking lot, the copier rolled sideways in the truck and fell over! Yikes! Guess we should have strapped it down more carefully.
The document feeding top tray thing was held on by two hinges. One of them came off and it was dangling over the side of the truck by the other one. Erik pulled us over ever so slowly and carefully, and we all leaped out to deal with this problem. Eventually we got it all upright and strapped down again, and over to Erik's shop. We unloaded it and dragged it inside. Wonder of wonders, nothing seemed to be smashed and the document feeder hinges were easy to reattach. It was only as we were trying to decide which way to place it against the wall, that we found the fold out carry handles.
I don't know if Erik will be able to make the copier work, after its adventures. I suppose if he can't get it working we won't have to be as careful with it when we load it up to take it away again.
By the time I got home and went to bed, the pain in my neck had returned, worse than ever.
This morning I got up and took some more Motrin for my neck, and got ready to put the wiring boxes in the wall. This should be much easier than yesterday's work. I fired up the heater and came back inside to check my email while I waited for the garage to warm up. An hour later, when I went outside to check the temperature, it was still cold and the heater had stopped. Out of kerosene. So I went and got kerosene, and picked up chinese food, and ran the heater some more while Michael and I ate lunch. I had just gone back outside and measured the spot to put the first electrical outlet, when I was interrupted again. I'll refrain from putting that story here, it's someone else's.
I stopped at the pharmacy on the way home and asked if they had any suggestion for what might be better for this neck pain, than the Motrins I've been taking. The pharmacist suggested Aleve. I took one about an hour ago and so far it's still hurting. I hope it stops soon.
In the morning I ran some errands. Visited the picture framing shop and got the stuff I need to frame a picture I bought last year at the ConFusion art show then forgot to take last time I took things to the picture framing store. Went to Lowes and got a few things I still needed to install the electrical outlets in my garage. (I still haven't found an electrician who is willing to come out and install a circuit breaker panel for me, but desperately need to finish the garage walls so I can put things away and work in there, so I'm gonna put in the outlets even though I can't yet hook them up.)
I spent the afternoon moving things away from the two unfinished walls of the garage. I moved the bikes over to the side of the garage by the finished wall, and put a lot of stuff in boxes and milk crates. I put all the long pieces of lumber on the porch. Hopefully they won't get all wet and messed up, or blow around in the wind.
Once it got dark, it started to get really cold in there. Even with the kerosene torpedo to keep the air warm, the cold comes up from the cement floor, through the soles of my boots and into my bones. I came inside and sat on the couch and shivered for a long time. At least my neck hadn't begun hurting again.
The phone rang. It was Erik. He was going to get a free copy machine from Paul's office, where they were throwing one out. Could he use my truck? And would I be willing to come out and help move the copier?
He came over and we pulled the motorcycle ramps out of the pile of wood on the porch, and headed for Paul's office. The copier was huge, one of those fancy models that collates, feeds loose documents, staples things automagically, slices, dices, and makes curly fries. It was hard to move; we couldn't find any convenient handholds. Erik had brought a rolling dolly, which we somehow loaded it onto and strapped to, and we dragged it up the ramps into my truck. We strapped it down, still on the rolling dolly. My hands were getting colder by the second; the wind was bitter. I should have worn gloves and a hat.
As we pulled out of the parking lot, the copier rolled sideways in the truck and fell over! Yikes! Guess we should have strapped it down more carefully.
The document feeding top tray thing was held on by two hinges. One of them came off and it was dangling over the side of the truck by the other one. Erik pulled us over ever so slowly and carefully, and we all leaped out to deal with this problem. Eventually we got it all upright and strapped down again, and over to Erik's shop. We unloaded it and dragged it inside. Wonder of wonders, nothing seemed to be smashed and the document feeder hinges were easy to reattach. It was only as we were trying to decide which way to place it against the wall, that we found the fold out carry handles.
I don't know if Erik will be able to make the copier work, after its adventures. I suppose if he can't get it working we won't have to be as careful with it when we load it up to take it away again.
By the time I got home and went to bed, the pain in my neck had returned, worse than ever.
This morning I got up and took some more Motrin for my neck, and got ready to put the wiring boxes in the wall. This should be much easier than yesterday's work. I fired up the heater and came back inside to check my email while I waited for the garage to warm up. An hour later, when I went outside to check the temperature, it was still cold and the heater had stopped. Out of kerosene. So I went and got kerosene, and picked up chinese food, and ran the heater some more while Michael and I ate lunch. I had just gone back outside and measured the spot to put the first electrical outlet, when I was interrupted again. I'll refrain from putting that story here, it's someone else's.
I stopped at the pharmacy on the way home and asked if they had any suggestion for what might be better for this neck pain, than the Motrins I've been taking. The pharmacist suggested Aleve. I took one about an hour ago and so far it's still hurting. I hope it stops soon.
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Date: 2004-01-12 03:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-01-12 06:55 pm (UTC)The active ingredient is methocarbamol a muscle relaxant.
It takes a while to kick in and you need to try and relax to help it work.
I find it best to take it before bed.