mazarin5's Journal: Washer and Dryer

So Amber bought a washer and dryer set. She dropped a lot of money on it, but it's taken up my every free moment since then.

It was delivered on Tuesday, but there was no hookup for it. I had to pry up the floor and run two copper lines, a drain pipe, and power. Her dad helped me out with that.

Wednesday, I took apart the kitchen sink and tried to finish the backroom. There was some errant tar paper floating around that caught on fire when I was soldering. We had to put it out with the extinguisher and it set me back a few hours. I did manage to finish the drain system, however.

Thursday I finished the electrical (it was merely a matter of having enough wire). I also finished plumbing the lines to the washer. I left in a connection for the sink and the outside hose. Unfortunately, there was a leak, but it was five in the morning by that time. I put the floor back in place, and hooked up the dryer and then went to bed. I was so tired I almost threw up. I didn't know I could be that tired. Water settled my stomach, so perhaps it was just dehydration.

Friday I fixed the last of the leaks, and hooked up the washer. It leaked. Turns out I needed a particular brass fitting. Then I bought the wrong size. Then I couldn't get it tight enough. I don't have a wrench and had to use my hands. Eventually, I had Amber call her dad to bring his wrench, then I had to go to work.

Then, the house shook. I thought someone hit it with a car. We live about two blocks from the port, and there is a large grain silo there, which apparently exploded. They closed off my section of town, and I didn't get to work until almost 5:30.

After work, I came home and Amber's dad was just getting started. We did it in no time. Dave helped me replace the exhaust vent (I had ripped it trying to get to leaks) and I had to rewire the dryer because there was a short somewhere. Soon, we were in business. We did laundry, got drunk, and player Risk.

As a historical aside, Dave used to date Amber's sister for years. They moved to Toledo together last year, broke up shortly thereafter, reunited, and broke up almost two months ago. I get along with both of them. I helped tutor Natalie in her physics classes, and I game a lot with Dave.

4:00 AM already? Time for bed. I'll write about today, tomorrow.