i took my mom to church today. i didn't go-- i just dropped her off and then picked her back up. i hang out at her house with the kids until she wants me to pick her up.
then, i go grocery shopping for her because she's elderly and doesn't get around very well. she also doesn't drive any longer. so, i try to take care of all those things she needs. my brother used to do all of this until he ended up in prison.
but, it's my mom. it's the least i can do.
my mom bought us some chinese food for dinner. we at really good for just $22.00. i got food for myself, my mom, the kids and my wife.
my nephew vanished for a few days. he's back at the house now. i guess he didn't have to work and stayed at home with his mom at the so called, "original crib". i think this is his last week, but who knows for sure.
on the way home, my wife told me that the garage door wouldn't open. my nephew noticed that a screw fell down somewhere when he opened it to go outside.
i was a bit upset at first (not at any person-- just at the situation).
but, i calmed down and looked things over. i found the screw and saw where it went. i found that actually two screws came loose. I bolted them back and pushed the button to raise the door.
nothing happened.
i looked at the motor hanging from the celling. i unplugged it, and plugged it back up again.
nothing.
i examined the whole thing and tried to understand how it works. eventually, though a process of elimination, i realized that something had to be wrong with how i bolted everything.
then, i realized that all of that was fine-- except that there is a red string that hangs from the lever that i bolted back. that string is a safety mechanism and i finally show that it was set to the manual position. so, that disengaged the motor.
so, i pulled the string to set it back into the auto position and Voilà, it works!
i felt like a real big cheese.