That photo described exactly how I felt last night. The timer didn’t turn on at noon, which is good. However, it is supposed to turn on at Dusk. I fiddled with it some more before I just opted to yank the fucker from the wall. I figured a hard reset would be the best. I removed the backup battery and then ripped it out of the wall. I held it in my hand and the fucker was still alive and refused to die. I searched on line for a reset button location but couldn’t find one. Just found some cute verbiage that said push and hold the reset button to return to factory settings. Shame there wasn’t a diagram or photo. I’m not in MENSA but damn I’m not stupid. Guess they forgot to put the reset button on the unit I got.
Thought about buying a new one, found the exact same thing on Amazon but it wouldn’t be here until Sunday, I don’t have patience to wait that long.
The house once again was 80 degrees because it got that hot outside. I had windows open and an exhaust fan going. I manufactured a breeze but it did little good. I was fine until I started working on the timer. I was under hot lights and had a high beam flashlight out.
Finally after much to do I gave up and decided it was just best to put it back in the wall. I had moved some of the other switches in the panel and then had a hell of a time getting things to line up. I was pissed and not thinking clearly. The best decision I made was to walk away after I got the damn thing mounted correctly back in the wall.
I was making myself sick. My back hurt and my stomach was starting to cramp and I felt like I was going to barf. I stopped and just breathed but I didn’t rest long enough. I’m convinced that if I kept going I probably would have had the cardiac event I am so concerned about.
Rudy wasn’t happy with me because I just went to bed and didn’t have play time for him. I did watch some porn and how I managed to make that work is beyond me but the release helped me a lot. Didn’t stop the back pain though.
Had a dream last night where I was visited by my late spouse and a former boss who has passed away. I miss both of them. The boss who passed away is the person who hired me to work where I am at now. She had terminal cancer and I remember when she called to say goodbye to me. It was in the middle of the morning on an average work day. Talk about not knowing what to say, I was so out of sorts. That’s only happened a couple times in my life.
I did have some sleep interruption around 3a. Rudy was right there to tell me everything was okay and he cuddled up with me. I tried to fight it and go back to sleep but that didn’t work. I wound up watching some TV. He told me when it was time to go back to sleep again. Mora made her self known as well and jumped into bed with us.
Woke up and a little groggy but I pushed forward and got us breakfast. I didn’t realize that I got out one of the Flaked cans that drives Rudy crazy. He likes to gobble up the whole thing. Sometimes he barfs after wards. I opened a second can of something different for Mora and served her in the living room. Rudy followed me because it’s about food. They ate together and then she came in the kitchen and barfed a little bit. Not the ideal start to the morning but nevertheless a start.
I got breakfast and meds, dressed and then went out to fetch the trash can. It’s going to be super windy today and we have storms coming this afternoon/evening that could bring us a Tornado. Temps are going back in the 80’s but I know after the cool front arrives that is bringing the storms things will cool off. It’s probably still going to be a hot evening in the house but I hope it’s not too bad.
To error on the side of caution I took the battery charger off the car. Last thing I need is for a lighting strike to hit the house and fry the car, that would be major expensive – regardless of who is paying the bill.
Then for some dumb reason I went back to working on the plate for the switches. I finally got them just right and the plate fits, it was forced a little bit but nevertheless it’s back on the wall. I’m going to watch a YouTube video about programming the timer to see if that will help me sort out getting the stupid thing to turn on at dusk. It still turns off at dawn. I’m baffled but not defeated.
I hate these little battles and I managed to be my own worst enemy here but logic applied no power you’d think that the damn timer would cease to function just like anything else that runs on AC. I had the timer in my hands for easily 10 minutes, pressing buttons thinking that I could make it die but no luck. Shame they don’t make more things “indestructible” like this.
Thank God we made it to Friday. It’s been one hell of a week and damn I need a Saturday to waste away in bed, really bad! Hope that you have a great weekend and an awesome Friday. Take care!
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