Warning (Advertencia): This post is being written throughout the day as things occur to me, so it may be even more disconnected and random than usual. That, and the fact the coffee isn't making a dent in the fuzz inside my head.
We left McGowan's at 6:30 p.m. last night and rolled into our driveway just a few minutes before 3:00 a.m., with stops at the slowest ever In-n-Out burger in Ventura and gas in Quartzite, AZ. That's just over 500 miles in 8.5 hours. I kept it to <10 23="" 50="" 7="" 8="" across="" and="" around="" as="" back="" behind="" bridge="" deal="" diverted="" eastbound="" even="" got="" hills.="" i="" just="" lane="" lanes.="" median="" more="" mpg="" mph="" nbsp="" of="" or="" over="" p="" posted="" right="" semis="" slowed="" slower="" than="" that="" the="" their="" then="" they="" those="" to="" trucks="" two="" up="" used="" usually="" washout.="" way="" we="" were="" west-bound="" with="" worked="">We walked in the door, climbed into bed, and didn't stir until 9 a.m. Pam dozed some in the car but I'm pretty sure naps are in our future.
We still have three more CD's in the 13-disk set of the Grisham book The Confession to listen to, and it has to go back Friday. Good book that has both an engaging storyline and something to say about a critical legal issue.
Got back to a couple of dead "drought tolerant" plants that I'd put in a couple of months ago. No big deal. Everything else seems to have weathered the 3-week absence without problem, though the roses are begging for food.
Davies have a GMC crew cab truck and McGowans have a VW Tuareg. I'm impressed with both. Meanwhile, we came home to a recall notice on the Dodge truck for an IED airbag. We have to wait for the official authorization to take it in for the repair so I'm supposed to avoid head-on collisions until then.
We learned a lot at both Davies' and McGowan's that we'll put to use when we move to OR.
Chain saws, countertops, appliances, veggie gardens, doors.... After seeing one in the MIL apartment at the McGowans Pam thinks she could do just fine with an apartment-size (24") range. Spend another ~$65 and get a stand-alone induction cooktop and we're tiny house ready.
We're both getting more eager to move forward, but it will all come in God's time.
The return to real life begins tomorrow morning. Back to full paleo, biking, gym workouts, and figuring out the panel problems on the truck. I'm also beginning research for building a queen storage bed. I want six drawers on each side (two layers of three drawers each), a headboard, but no footboard. It'll be a platform bed with no box springs, thus allowing for the second layer of drawers without requiring a ladder to get in it at night.
If the two drawers at the head end of the bed are all the way to that end there isn't room for a nightstand because it would interfere with opening those drawers. So I'm thinking about a way to have a hinged table top that would attach to the side of the bed and flip up when we want to access those drawers. With cell phones there's no need for the old clock radio and lights can be mounted to the wall (thanks, Debbie, for that idea). So all that's needed is about a 10" wide surface for the cell phone, glasses, and whatever's in the pockets come nighttime. Flip it up and over, get into the drawer, and then flip it back. Eh?
A queen mattress is 60" x 80". Should the inside of the platform be that dimension, slightly smaller, or slightly bigger?
Edited to add: that bit about a fold-up nightstand doesn't work. Doh! the bedspread would lay over the top of it unless we notched the spread, and that doesn't seem like such a great idea. So how 'bout that same surface hinged to the wall? Would it even have to be hinged? If it's even a few inches higher than the top of the bed there's room to get into that top drawer.
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