Day 959 Just a small adjustment

Pete and Kelli’s social distance day 11

25th March 2020

We set off for Jenison to collect the two side tables, stopping off in the downtown area to deliver the small red dresser.

It feels strange leaving it on the back porch and collecting the money from under a flower pot, but it works.

The small table went earlier, we left it outside the house, and the money was left under a pot.

Just as we were loading the red dresser Kelli mentioned that the bottom drawer didn’t close properly, and would I look at it.

After cursing under my breath, I noted what the problem was. There was a wood strip that was higher than the drawer sliding strips.

The only answer was to remove it and reposition it lower, easier said than done. I removed nails from the bottom of the back panel thinking that would release it, but no, nothing was that easy.

I then attacked it with a hammer thinking that a sharp tap would free it, but that didn’t work either. The next attempt was a heavy clout which resulted in the strip of wood shattering.

Kelli walked away at this point, scared of what other things I could possibly do to ruin a piece that we were due to deliver.

I scoured the scrap bin and found a length of wood that would work.

I cut it to length and held it in place with screws, then tested the drawer.

Fortunately it worked, I hid the relief, I was waiting for the adulation from my wife that never came, she just wanted to load it and go, but not without wiping the dusty fingerprints of the drawer fronts.

It has become my trademark, Kelli can track my movements by the piles of dust I leave.

I remind her that it is the sign of someone working hard.

When we returned, there were jobs we wanted to finish. Kelli in particular wanted to take pictures of a small dresser she had been working on.

Our attention was drawn to Larry’s house just across the road. One of his buddies had come over to visit, and they were sitting outside, his voice was so loud we almost wanted to join in. He was bitching about the restrictions, that he hadn’t conformed to, but he went on and on.

This was the time when social distancing and social silencing would be a real benefit.