My morning started just before seven. A coffee was used to kick-start the body, and I sat and read through the overnight news and glanced at social media. When Di emerged, I made her a coffee and then headed off for my morning walk. By the end of my first circuit, I had finished my Audiobook and started on another. Once home, I had my breakfast and did some admin. I was plucking up courage for the main project for the day.
We had bought an illuminated vanity table (dressing table) for Ellie's bedroom. It has been sitting in its box in the garage since September. It is, as you would expect nowadays, a self-assembly flat pack. Because of the sheer weight of it, I unpacked it downstairs and shuttled the components upstairs in several hundred trips. Then, I grabbed my tools and the assembly instructions and started fixing parts E, F, and G to side A, then fixed side B to the assembly. So it went on for the next two and a half hours. Over the years, I have frequently complained about the assembly instructions and process. I could not fault this. The instructions were clear, the fixings were well labelled, and the construction seemed very robust. The final stage of the process was to fit the lights around the mirror and wire them in series at the back. Even this went without a hitch. At the end, the only items I had left over were in a package marked Extras, where there nestled one of two spares of every fastening that had been used. I handed the finished article over to Diane so that she could dress the room.
What was left of the afternoon saw some Kindle time (another book bit the dust), and another has been selected to start later tonight.
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