Heavy Lifting
Jul. 17th, 2004 06:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
terryclothOn the way to get comics today, I stopped at the Church near my apartment, which was having a 'huge yard sale!' in their parking lot. There wasn't much left -- they were finishing up their second and last day -- but I got some chairs for half price, $4.50 for three. Getting them to the car, I noted that they were heavier than they'd looked.
Later, back at the ranch, I staggered towards the door with all my loot from the shopping trip piled up on top of them, and collapsed outside the door only to find that the east entrance was still closed, to let the new tiles set. X.X
So I picked them back up and strugled towards the north entrance, which I knew was open, stopping frequently to rest. Increasingly more frequently. I wasn't *tired*, exactly, but my hands were KILLING me from where the metal arms of the chairs dug into them, and my back and knees weren't too hot either.
Eventually, using the 'pivot around one leg' strategy learned from Wind Waker's underwater castle, I got the chairs through all the loose mulch to the front door, where someone was putting in tiles. There was a path to take past them, though.
Then it was all the way back around the INSIDE of the building to get back to the east elevator, although on the carpet I could just drag the chairs, so it went a little faster. After only about a half hour, I was back on the other side of the ten-foot section of tile.
Next time, I'm just ripping off the 'caution' tape and walking over them. Dammit.
Later, back at the ranch, I staggered towards the door with all my loot from the shopping trip piled up on top of them, and collapsed outside the door only to find that the east entrance was still closed, to let the new tiles set. X.X
So I picked them back up and strugled towards the north entrance, which I knew was open, stopping frequently to rest. Increasingly more frequently. I wasn't *tired*, exactly, but my hands were KILLING me from where the metal arms of the chairs dug into them, and my back and knees weren't too hot either.
Eventually, using the 'pivot around one leg' strategy learned from Wind Waker's underwater castle, I got the chairs through all the loose mulch to the front door, where someone was putting in tiles. There was a path to take past them, though.
Then it was all the way back around the INSIDE of the building to get back to the east elevator, although on the carpet I could just drag the chairs, so it went a little faster. After only about a half hour, I was back on the other side of the ten-foot section of tile.
Next time, I'm just ripping off the 'caution' tape and walking over them. Dammit.
