The garage has rapidly taken shape over the past week and I’m getting ready to take it to the first level of “completion”. (I know better than to believe I’ll ever have a home shop set up exactly as I want it… there’s always something more to modify, purchase, make space for, wire up, insulate, or plug in; but that’s part of the beauty no?).
Tomorrow, Krista will begin the commute to St. Paul with Saoirse as they’ll both be spending most of their weekday hours “down south” at Linwood Elementary and the Thomsen household respectively. After I’m finished with my daily appointments, hopefully around noon, I’ll be heading over to “the Parsonage at Spring Lake” to power up the drill, find some good hook placements, build up a couple more utility shelves, and finally sort out my roll-around toolbox and Gorilla Rack workbench. There’s wheels to be sorted out, tubes and tires running loose all over, and a couple of stray frames awaiting inspiriation that need better homes.
Of course along with all of this comes the task of figuring out good spots for all of the “boxed gear” we have stored in those ubiquitous (I think they actually breed prolifically) plastic containers. With the new decking that Dad and I put up in the garage rafters, there’s plenty of space to put stuff like that up there, but it’s all got to be VERY resistant to extreme temperatures. I can’t see a space that might get up to 150 degrees in summer and 20 below in winter being a good environment for dive gear… stuff that you really don’t want to deal with failing because it’s been temp-weakened! So I’ll have to go through a few bins, and most of the space will be taken up with the more “rugged” items in our arsenal of fun tools. Definitely no white gas!
The utility room will need some attention too, but with the garage coming into focus it’s a lot easier to address the issue.
So come one come all, bring me your squeaks, your creaks, your broken brakes and noisy derailleurs, I’ll build you some new wheels, change out your cables, tune up your ride, get a little messy, douse my thirst for a spendy beer, and gain some points toward stress relief while I’m at it.
