Sad but true, I found organizing paperwork yesterday more satisfying than these other things that need doing. Got my Gaelic class notes and resources in order. Because the workbench was driving me mad.

After a buck-up chat with carpenter brother, made lots of progress, the 3 drawers went together nicely. Attached top to base, many many turns of the allen wrench, but done. Slept the sleep of the innocent. On rising, discovered ALL the drawer sides were in backwards and thus could not be placed on the slides. Because I put the pieces together exactly like the directions and pictures said to do. Turns out both instructions and pictures were dead wrong. So, 24 screws out, swaps, 24 back in. The upper drawers slide nicely, the big lower one won't go in all the way.

But, took it out and set it aside for help later. Started to set up the saw, which took forever and is a screamingly difficult and dangerous design and process to put a blade in. Cut the first 1x4. Went to cut the second, discovered my manifest for 12 1x4x10s was instead filled by the yard helpers with 8 footers. I was not only given the wrong thing but overcharged.

Can't go deal with it tomorrow, have to wait around all day missing time with friends and needed errands, because Home Depot insists on delivering lumber for the veranda roof on Tuesdays.

Which puts me running errands and grocery shopping on the day before T-Day! With big crowds and rank amateurs clogging the aisles phoning mom to ask where the shortening is.

Glad I took time out for Mudcat singaround, definitely the highlight of the day.