Arkayn's life

This week has not been good at all, I drove back from the Highlands war just fine, got up Monday morning and attempted to start the car. it just clicked, checked the cables and noticed little puffs of smoke coming from the battery.
Result= New battery for $84

Getting the old battery was not all that easy either, the clamp was free spinning so I had to chip out the portion that the clamp held. I then removed the tray and when I put the new battery in I just installed 2 of the bolts instead of the the usual 3.

Tuesday we had to deal with the field manager, he managed to distract the kitchen manager enough that I had to watch the buffet and try to put the truck away at the same time. I spent the entire day being behind.

Wednesday and Thursday were not all that bad, just regular days of prep for me.

Friday I came in at my regular time and found that out normal prep cook misread the schedule and was not there. I got to fill in for him, put away the truck and cut meat. That mad for a 9 hour day instead of the 5 I was supposed to be doing.

Now I just plan on relaxing and getting the camping stuff put away now. And laundry.

I bought new brake pads last night and installed them this morning.

The 2 biggest problems were getting the caliper bolts loose and getting the caliper off.

I used the jack handle to get enough leverage to loosen the bolts and then used it again to push the piston back enough to get the caliper loose.

Installing them was simple after that.

of course I will eventually have to do the rotors as well.

Now I am pretty much set for my 2 SCA events.

I have 2 more events that I plan on attending in the next couple of months,

1: Crusader Walk
        This is an unofficial event and will happen at Red Lake, which is north of Kingman. It will be a recreation of the Crusader march from the middle ages.
May 7th & 8th

2: Highlands War
        This is a event sponsored by the Barony of Ered Sul (Flagstaff, AZ), it is held at Mormon Lake.
June 3rd to the 6th.

I changed out the belt on the swamp cooler yesterday, now it sounds better. Still need to get 3 new pads though.

Still need to fix up the lights outside as they are not really hanging correctly right now.

Next weekend I will actually have it off as I will be doing the Wasteland War Games here in Kingman/Windale.

Still need to order 80 gallons of propane as I am down to 18% in the tank, but I hope to last a bit longer, it has been a year though!!

I actually have Easter off this year and I most likely will be doing nothing at all this year.

Just upgraded WordPress to 3.0b1, I was running the 3.0 alpha builds for a while.

I still need to get that other tire, but will most likely wait until after the next paycheck.

Just ordered a couple of books as they were some I was waiting for.

Also need to order some more work shirts as mine are starting to look bad, stained and all that which will not come out in the wash.

Today started out with a bang, literally. I blew the right rear tire on the car and had to put the donut on to get to work.

I ended up buying 2 used tires as another one had a serious bubble developing on it, I still need to get one more to replace the left rear.

I ended up cleaning the swamp cooler today and now have it filled with water to cool the place down a little bit.

Still need a new belt and possibly new pads as well.

I uncovered the windows in the trailer yesterday, that way I can get some airflow in the place.

I still have to buy a new belt for the swamp cooler and then clean it up for summer.

I also have to get that new control module for the A/C unit so it can be used as well if needed.

Only one more day and then I hopefully will have a day off, of course the schedule has not been put up yet either.

It is starting to warm up and I might have to start getting the swamp cooler ready for another summer soon.

At least tomorrow is payday.