Thursday, October 26, 2023 – A Few Minor Repairs

Hey Babe,
Took a long time getting to sleep, but got up around 8:00. After chores and breakfast I ran into town to fill up a propane tank and swap out a couple of items that I bought yesterday at Tractor Supply that were wrong. Lola's been scratching up a storm, so I had to buy a cone for her head, but the one I got yesterday was too small. She's been bleary-eyed from lack of sleep, but now she's succumbed to the fact that she can't scratch (plus I slathered her up with inch relief medicine), she seems a lot more settled. I also bought marker light for the back end of the trailer that got knocked out at the first camp of the Shore-to-Shore when the ladder came off on a tree, that was also too small, so I swapped both out. I went to the feed store to get eight bales of that nice coastal, though I'm not sure this is quite the same, it's still good. Got that stored when I got back, then went to work on the marker light. Naturally, I thought it would be a fairly easy job that turned out not to be, because the screws actually broke off and I don't have a drill bit good enough to tap it. Then I discovered I had to add a negative ground to make it work right, and without a screw, that was a challenge. I ended up trying to solder it into one of the holes and taping it, I doubt it will last long, but at least it's working at the moment. Without screws, I've used Liquid Nails to try to hold it on, not sure that's going to hold either. So the whole thing is a temporary mess for the moment. I finished greasing the truck as well. That was my day, pretty much. There's loud music coming from Spirit of Suwannee all day and probably will be most of the night, if it's this loud here, I can't even imagine the loss of hearing that's occurring with people any closer to it! Watched an unfortunately depressing movie, ready for shower and bed shortly. Good night, darlin'! Love you!

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