The Theoretical Cleaning Day

Today was a season-prep boathouse cleaning day.

It is cold and rainy and miserable outside.

I got to the boathouse around 11.

Sara was there too.

Sam brings food to the boathouse but he really shouldn't, it's off-off-off brand food (usually in Hebrew) that he gets from stores that can't sell it anymore, usually because it is expired.

Sara and I went through the newest drop-off and threw it all out after finding unmistakable signs of rodent visitors.

I said to Martin, "Martin the rats have been in this food!"

He came over to look and replied, "That's a mouse!"

Like that's any better.

BBQ flavored doritos look gross in any language, whether or not they are expired.

The rats/mice disagree.

Andrew and Frankie are building a jousting platform that fits over 2 singles.

I think this is a fantastic idea.

Andrew asked me if I would be the sponsor, to which I replied "Absolutely yes!"

I'm not really sure what I have to do as the sponsor, aside from proclaiming I am the proud sponsor, which I am glad to do.

Then the water cooler- which is empty and no one is using right now- started beeping so Martin found a probably-20-year-old hair dryer and started drying the water cooler with it.

I said "Martin that old hair dryer is going to overheat and explode..."

Martin replied "... that's ok it has a circuit breaker."

At this point I needed to do a sanity check on myself.

I said to Sara and Boathouse Grace (not NJ Grace), "Can someone please confirm reality?

Because what is happening on this "cleaning day" is that the boys are building a jousting platform and Martin is drying the water cooler with a very old hair dryer."

They both confirmed that summed it up accurately.

Sara found a bunch of safety inspection stickers from last year. I took some and have put them on my Belly River and Blackfoot boxes.

I'll have to find the 2025 ones so I won't be expired, but these will do for now.

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Tonight I start cat sitting for a week for Sharon.

My cats won't like that I will be gone overnights but they will have to deal.