Day 47

 Today, I was with maintenance, and I actually got to do something besides taking pictures and performing warranty work at Bentley.  I started by accompanying a few people on some inspections.  We didn't find anything crazy besides a motorcycle that needs to be towed.  After that, we went to the mechanic's shop to pick up Frank's van.  Then he and I went over to Enfield and flipped a breaker for a resident with no power in her kitchen.  Then we went over to Kittyhawk and replaced a mailbox lock.  After that, we went over to Colorado West to replace some blinds.  We had to measure the old ones and then go to Lowe's to get new ones.  Lowes didn't have the right size, so we had to have them custom-cut.  When we got back, we thought it would be a simple install because we could just use the old holes.  However, the new brackets didn't line up, so we had to drill new holes.  When we tried that, we found out that the wall had been fixed so many times that there were loads of plaster and flashing.  The plaster wouldn't hold and anchor without it pulling out, and we couldn't drill through the flashing.  We finally got it hung after we reinforced the holes that we made.  After that, we went back to the property we did inspections on and fixed plastic walls around a shower.  After that, we went back to the office for a quick lunch before we went back over to Kittyhawk to check out some lights that were out.  We didn't have time to fix them, but we figured out what we needed to do.  When I got home from work, I husked some corn for supper and enjoyed the nice weather before starting on supper.  I grilled some sausage that I had brought from the Goessel Grocery and Deli.  I also grilled corn and potatoes.  The sausage turned out really good, and so did the potatoes.  The corn was a little too old to be very tasty, and it cooked really unevenly, so it was not the best.  After supper, we learned that Naomi really hates it when I sit in one of the chairs that we have at the house.

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