Day 137 January 26

 Today I got picked up by Doug since it was really cold this morning.  Since Jenni was gone today, Doug and I went and made the pickup, and then we went to the pantry.  Doug helped me unpack some stuff, but I did the majority of the work while he went and delivered bread.  We got a bunch of cases of eggs last week from Natural Grocers since they over-ordered, so I had to find a place for all of them.  When I had finally moved things around to where they were good, I shoveled the rest of the snow off the sidewalk around the pantry, and then I cleaned the pantry.  After I was done cleaning, I had a lot of time to wait for Doug since he was in a meeting, so I tried to open a stuck padlock on our shed there.  I was not successful and decided to start eating my lunch, but then Doug showed up.  I finished my lunch back at the office and then got the piece of glass I bought last week cut to size for the library door at Bentley.  When I had that piece of glass in, I took apart the other doors I had put together to prep for paint.  Then I went to Home Depot and bought the paint I needed and some brushes.  I went over to the pantry to do the painting, where I had room to set up tables with cardboard.  The painting went really fast.  While I waited for the paint to dry, I went over to Webber to inspect the broken door and see what I needed to fix it.  Then I went back to the office to see if I had the pieces to fix it, which I had some but not all, so I made another trip to Home Depot, where I bought a latch for the door and a piece of glass for one of the doors I painted.  After Home Depot, I had to go back to the office since I forgot a drill for putting on the latch, and then I went back to the pantry to paint the backside of the doors.  While I waited for the paint to dry again, I went back to Webber and got the door all fixed up over there.  Then, back to the pantry I went to clean everything up and take the doors back to the office.  Once I was back at the office, I started reassembling some of the doors before it was time to go home.  When I got home, we had worship night.  Christian showed us one of his favorite sermons to listen to, and it talked a lot about not being a quiet Christian.  After worship night, I made some supper, which was mac and cheese with sausage and peas. 

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