OK, I'll admit it. I am swamped. I am trying to work full time (30 hours), and scrap/resell full time. And of course the regular life chores, you know the same problems many of you deal with.
I have an area outside the side door of my garage (fenced in) that just keeps piling up with "I'll get to that later". Well that pile keeps growing.
My office is a pile of vintage commodore and other vintage computer equipment.
My garage is a constant battle of repiling things everywhere in order to do something different.
I can't stop picking up anything that comes along scrapwise even though I know I don't have the room.
My tailgate is now my normal workbench.
So when I get a couple of hours, I always have to make a decision. Generate some cash? Or make some space? Hopefully it is a hybrid that does both. Well, It always does both, but some weigh heavier than others in that decision making process.
Here is where I am at right now. I am about ready to implode. The pile out side is huge, the stacks of tubs inside that also need attention are growing. (things like a bunch of heat sinks that have fans still attached, cables that need cut, etc. Not large amounts of money, but when I get the time it will be worth the time spent.
Add to that the load I picked up today, and then the craig's list free towers I picked up a couple hours ago and my truck (bed and cab) is full of 30 some computers and now my wife's car has a pile of them in the back as well.
Here is where it all gets good. Sometime tomorrow, my parents arrive for a week. My dad will be a great help getting me caught up. He is 76 and up until recently, he could work circles around me and most people I know. We have a couple house project to work on, but we will be definitely spending some serious time breaking down and making space. Then I plan on doing some serious planning to maximize space. As much additional shelving and such that we can pack into the space allowed.
The best part is that I now have about a week and a half off to make this all happen. I have some great plans to get this all working better and will surely post some pictures when we finish.
Aw, who am I kidding? The best part is going to be spending some time in the garage working with dad and some more good time with both mom and dad doing some Florida type stuff. (lion country safari).
So tomorrow, will be spent breaking down computers. (hopefully most of them before they arrive). Then Saturday is a trip to the steel yard to make some serious space. Then some time spent messing with those piles that all need separated to maximize return as well as spending some time making plans and getting ready to buy some lumber on Monday to get whatever plans we pull together going.
Then....................................
Stay tuned. It is going to be a great week with my dad and mom and scrapping will be involved, so I will update as we go. I will try and update this coming event every day. Unfortunately, I have to run to the muffler shop in the morning and get a new muffler before the whole thing gets started, but I got a good quote after running into some rough problems trying to get a quote.
I will try and get a few pictures of the mess tomorrow before we attempt to correct the situation. I have been working towards some space foe a few weeks now, so it won't be as bad as it was before I went hardcore.
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