Rather than deal with them at that moment, he focused his attention on the last two coats of paint ( numbers 43 and 44 if you remember from my previous blog), finishing the slab door that will replace the pocket door between our master bedroom and bathroom. The painting is the easy part; adding the hardware for the pocket door will be more of a challenge later.
While he was doing that, I took the car and drove a few blocks to the lab for my monthly blood test. I had orders from both the Mayo doctor and from my local rheumatologist, so I told them just to combine the orders, avoid the duplicates, and send the results to everyone. A very nice phlebotomist took me into the room and skillfully drew three tubes of blood. No pain; no problem. Suddenly, I was very dizzy. I looked up at her and told her I needed to sit for a moment. The next thing I knew, she was calling the receptionist from the outer room because boom, I had passed out. They gave me some water, and I felt a little better, so I stood up. Wham! Apparently, I immediately blacked out again. I really do not understand why this happened since I have had hundreds of blood tests throughout my life. They generally don't phase me at all, but I was upset from my disagreement with Rick, and my blood pressure or something definitely was off. The kind people at the lab escorted me to a room where I could lie down for a few moments. They asked me if they could call someone to come and get me, but if they called Rick, we would just have to deal with two vehicles to get home. I told them "no" and that I would be fine. Within 10 minutes I was fine, so I got up, thanked them for their help, and drove home. Thankfully, no one else was in the lab at the time. Weird. I have only passed out once before in my life, so this was totally unexpected.
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| The laundry room before cabinets. |
By the time I got home, Rick had one of the upper cabinets assembled. He found even more damaged parts-- an upper and a lower panel-- and he also found that one of the doors had a patched hole in it that was totally unacceptable. He had a left-over panel from the kitchen, so he was able to cut a new top and bottom panel. The patched door, though, will have to be replaced. He sent an e-mail to the company letting them know that their quality control or their shipping needed to be upgraded since two out of four boxes of cabinets were damaged. He got a reply today that said, in essence, that they were just the manufacturer and that if he had any problems, he needed to work with this distributor. In other words, "We don't care if the product is damaged. That's your problem, not ours." For that reason, we cannot ever recommend River Run cabinets. Do not consider them; they used to be good, but they no longer produce quality parts.
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| The cabinet above the sink goes in while the next cabinet waits its turn. |
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| The completed cabinets (sans one door). Thankfully, we purchased hardware for them when we bought the knobs last year for the kitchen. |
Rick finished assembling the cabinets yesterday, and we installed them this morning. They are not perfect, but they will do. We had to install them higher than normal on the wall to avoid the clean-out trap that is behind a panel over the washing machine. The upper cabinets (minus the one door that needs replacing) and finished. We will work on the installation of the lower cabinet sometime during the next week.
Stephanie flew down from Minnesota today. The temperature was -5 when she left, so our cloudy, rainy 55 degrees today still seemed wonderful to her. The temps are supposed to climb in the next few days, so she should be happy with the climate. She has not been here in over 18 months; thus, she only has seen pictures of the changes. She was amazed at the new rooms and delighted with the new guest room. Although not quite complete, Gladys has taken a good bath, put on new underwear, added some fresh make-up, and generally got dolled up to meet and to welcome our current guest.
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