LAST EDITED ON Apr-02-21 AT 06:21 PM (EDT)
 
Update #1: I bought a new Fancy Fridge to replace the dead one, planning to shift the Emergency Fridge to a backup role, because a) it was on sale; b) I really miss ice and filtered water in the door; and most significantly c) Emergency Fridge's freezer is tiny and after a few weeks I've concluded that I can't hang with that long-term.

A couple of nice kids from the appliance store tried to delivery it this afternoon... and then had to give up and take it away with them again, because it can't fit through the only doorway into the kitchen past my clothes washer. In measuring to make sure it would fit, I didn't think of checking the washer clearance, because the new fridge is slightly smaller than the dead one and it got in there, after all...

... forgetting that since that fridge was installed, I've gotten a different set of laundry machines, which are bigger than the old ones. Which means the delivery team today could neither bring in the new fridge nor take out the dead one without uninstalling the washer, which they are not legally allowed to do. Which means I, the world's least handy man, have to find the valves for the washer's water supply (which are in the basement somewhere, not right behind the machine like you would expect), turn them off, disconnect everything, move the washer out of the way, then have them come back and do the fridge shuffle, then put the washer back myself as well, if I ever want to have a Fancy Fridge again.

Naturally, they couldn't hang around while I did all that (if indeed I CAN do all that--my bad knee and the basement stairs are not best pals), so... they left. They'll get in touch to schedule another attempt, but one is not 100% sure arrangments can be made such that there would be any point. I might have to just get a chest freezer instead and resign myself to losing the other Fancy Fridge capabilities for the duration. At least until we can finish the remodel we started before the plague, which would have installed an exterior door IN THE KITCHEN and made the whole problem of getting past the washer moot.

That should have been finished LAST SUMMER, long before the old fridge died and the whole operation became necessary, but, plague.

Update #2: In plague news, I'm scheduled to be vaccinated next Wednesday... with the J&J vaccine, which seems to be the only one happening now in these parts for anyone who hasn't already had round 1 of one of the others. I remember reading the initial reports of how much less effective that one seemed to be than the others and thinking, "Well, that's the one I'll end up getting, then, you watch." And here we are. It's like life is scripted sometimes.

I hear tell it's not as bad as initially believed and that one shouldn't be picky, but it doesn't do my peace of mind any good to be told stuff like "well, you'll probably still get COVID if you've had this shot, but now it won't kill you." Thanks, news outlet, that's... really reassuring. Looking forward to that.

Oh well. At least it's pizza o'clock on Friday.

--G.
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