Day 2659 Nearly made it.

25th November 2024

The loud Jeep man woke Kelli up at 5.30am again and also kept the engine running.

I was bloody annoyed, so quickly put some clothes on with the intention of confronting the driver. I got my shoes on and fumbled around for my torch. I grabbed what I thought was the torch only to find that it was a roll of dog poo bags. By the time I found it, he drove off, so I had to take my clothes off again, but this time there was no chance of both of us getting any more sleep.

Not feeling the best we drove to Menards to look for a new outside light fitting. Our original had crapped out, so it was a good opportunity to get something more modern.

The selection was vast,  but the choice was rubbish. They looked so old fashioned, more like something out of Charles Dickens. We settled on a lamp with metal and glass, made in the sweat shops of Shanghai.

I looked over the instructions, which is unusual for me, and set about taking the old fitting off.

Of course nothing was as straight forward as I first thought, and as the old fitting was as old as the house itself, it did fight me all the way.

Fitting the new was just as challenging. The mounting block in the wall could not be removed because it had the house siding over it, and I didn’t want to get involved in removing all that just to fit a lamp, so a bit of head scratching ensued.

After a cup of tea and a lot of alternative thoughts, I decided on a simple plan that didn’t involve cutting and butchering anything.

The lamp fitting was quite simple after that, although I hate the twist type connectors.

Now we had a functioning lamp which was just as well as the darkness was closing in.