I know what you mean

So I was at a customers today and went back to my truck to total up her bill. I had to park in her driveway, which appears to be on a 45 degree angle. Normally, when I open my door, I know just how far back to stand based on where my hand is. I did the same thing this time. However, I did not account for the difference in angles. I slammed the corner of my truck door into the left side of my head. It almost knocked me on the ground. I said a few bad words. I sat down for a second, and took a look at my head. I now have a 1/4″ long gash in my head. Luckily, I keep band-aids and Neosporin in my truck, so I slapped some on, and I was good to go. I am however on my third band-aid. I’m not sure if it needs stitches or not, but… eh. Funny thing is, it is right above my old scar on my eyebrow.

On my way to yet another customers (I had seven appointments today I think), I was following behind a truck that said “Hickman’s Small Engines” or something to that affect. This reminded me of the generator that I have acquired (a hand-me-down). This particular generator has powered many-a-house. It does however need a tune-up. I have neither the time, the parts, nor the patience to work on it myself, so I called him up to schedule a time. I asked what he had available, and he said “How about August?” I know how he feels. He had to fiddle with his calendar just like me when I am driving (not really, I would never do that *cough*). Of course, if he is this busy, it either means he is really good, or really bad and keeps going back. So I have an appointment in two weeks (his first available), and we shall see how it goes.

And lastly, I got home today, only to find out that my fan wasn’t working again on my air conditioner. It’s been flaky lately, and doesn’t want to start up. So I ripped apart my air conditioner as Danielle and her children were coming over for dinner, and I don’t think any of us wanted to sit in 85 degrees. I discovered that the fan never even gets power. So it appears to be the relay. Probably a $30 part. Of course, it’s still freakin’ 85 degrees in my house, and I needed something now. So I checked the fan, and it appears that it would get 110V as opposed to 220V. So I grabbed an extension cord, cut up an old power cord for a computer, put some ends on it, snapped it to the fan, and plugged it in. The fan started up. Woot woot! I covered it up, and we proceeded to eat dinner in much cooler air. I did of course unplug it when I left, as the cable is pretty thin. I will consider hooking it inside the A/C unit itself so that the fan just runs all the time (as it has been for several weeks), until I have time and money to have someone actually come out and check the relays. When Danielle had seen what I had done, she commented, “You really are like MacGyver.”