An easy day?

Today was a bit slower - or at least Knucklehead didn't feel like he needed to be airlifted from anywhere.


Today we made a trip to the landfill at a neighboring community because the van and trailer we borrowed had a sticker for their landfill and it was free. After that, we re-loaded with some other wastes and recycle goods and took them to the local landfill and then to the recycle station. Both sites said we couldn't dump liquid wastes at their locations so we unloaded what we could at each and we ended up at the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for the rest!


Knucklehead spoke to the agent from DEP for a bit and found that this locale has a single day each year where they accept hazardous wastes (paint thinner, deck waterproofing, brake fluid, etc.). For this year, that was a short while ago. So it would be another year and a coincidence if Knucklehead were in town for that event. I think the DEP agent finally felt some compassion for Knucklehead (it might have been the tears) and he offered to take the small amounts we had on our trailer and dispose of them with other "overpacs" that they put together on DEP cleanup jobs. What a relief! We finally got rid of everything (nearly) that we have been trying to get rid of from his parent's basement.


I think we have a run left for the town charity to unload a few minor items and then turning in some bottle and can recycling for cash and we're done!


While all this was going on, Knucklehead's wife made a run to the post office and library and delivered a bunch of food to a food pantry that he and she had bought the day before.


Later this afternoon, Knucklehead took his mother's car to the local dealer to get the Maine State Inspection completed (annual) and have an oil change and tires rotated. That was a nearly flawless process that took 90 minutes of his already limited life.


And the sisters have decided to plant a few plants into what was formerly a small vegetable garden. The idea is to make it have some life (other than weeds) rather than be just a tarp-covered plot of land but to keep it from having any maintenance requirements for his mom. It looks nice - I've got my webbed feet crossed about it being zero-maintenance.


Tomorrow is the last day for the two visiting sisters (Florida and Wisconsin) - they fly home early Wednesday. I plan to leave on Friday for the long drive home - to arrive on Saturday.


We've accomplished a lot but there seems to always be something more to do (example the car). In a brief conversation this afternoon, it sounds like Knucklehead's mom might be interested in wintering with the sister in Florida but would like to store her car somewhere in town out of the weather. A new challenge!