Well, I don’t know how fun… but I have had all these random things bouncing around in my head waiting until I had time to pull together a blog post, and none of them quite justify a stand alone post.
A few firsts (and I suspect this year will be full of firsts, but anyway…)
I snaked my first drain. My preparatory youtube session (the oracle of home improvement how-tos!) had me prepared for a giant nasty hairball from the drain in our bathroom sink that wasn’t working quite right. What I eventually recovered was instead a few bobby-pins tangled up with a pair of tweezers. The drain works much better now.
I bought a bow saw, and did some tree-trimming. As mundane as that sounds, it was noteworthy for how odd it felt to be responsible for some trees. They are kind of scraggly trees, so I don’t think I can mess things up too much.
Heather and I both got to experience the joys of getting a drivers license in a new state, especially the fun of getting our vehicles a safety inspection. Oddly I don’t feel any safer now than I did before, but then we were on good terms with our Des Moines mechanic, so maybe that isn’t so surprising.
I logged just short of 400 miles driving to and from work last week. I haven’t found the drive to be that taxing so far, but I suspect I will become a connoisseur of podcasts and audio-books.
Well, that is probably enough rambling… hopefully I can be more focused next time around 🙂
-Jordan
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