Can't believe it has been a whole week since I've posted... I know we've made some important progress, but it seems like we've accomplished very little compared with what is left...
The truck is now once again in good running condition -- it's legal anyway... It was very expensive.
The van is now in the shop, and it will not be as expensive, but it needs a full tune-up, and several other things. It should be done tomorrow.
The trailer is ready to use to haul trash to the dump. It doesn't yet have the top on it, but I have sealed the wood. Just needs a day or so to dry. I'll probably start loading trash tomorrow... We will try to take only one trip to the dump to minimize the cost, but it may not work out that way... We desperately need to get some of the trash bags out of here!
We have made very little new progress in packing. We ran into an unexpected problem with the well pump that had to be fixed. Always these things happen on Saturday afternoon when everyplace is closed. I thought the starter capacitor was bad, but it wasn't. I ended up having to pull the pump, and discovered that a wire had apparently been pinched between the pump and the pipe when it was last put down, and it just now corroded through. So, I ended up soldering it together, and sealing it up with a heat shrink wrap, and tape, and it is now working... It took most of the day to get that done (between running around to find a capacitor which turned out not to be the problem, and then getting the soldering iron, etc, which I didn't have here).
We truly do still have a lot to do. I will be going to work in Dallas on Wednesday, so that is one day I can't be working here...
So, we have a lot of things to get done, and our goal is to be finished in less than two weeks. Definitely a challenging goal!
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