Today has been quite busy and productive in numerous ways. Got up and out the door early, retrived package from post office (gently used Palm from adventurat), went to Publix (groceries and cash back to pay BC), came home, PayPal'ed remuneration for said Palm, made phone payment for electric bill, greeted BC, who has extracted heater and was happy to do so, since I provided him with chilled Publix root beer and gave him the heater for scrap. And it is GONE, huzzah.

Minor annoyance: If I didn't know his mama so well, I would think BC was raised by wolves, as I caught him standing---in his filthy sneakers---on an upholstered dining room chair to get at something. (I bit my tongue and found a metal folding chair. I've known him for going on 30 years, and he's always been bright and severely deficient in common sense.)

Now comes the "fun" part---transforming that square-footage into a roost for my fridge. I've already parsed it with a tape measure. Side to side is not going to be a problem, there's about 3-4" clearance to spare. Depth, however, looks worrisome: it seems the fridge will be sticking out past the existing wall by the same 3-4", and that's before factoring in rear clearance for the coils. Guh.

That's not going to happen overnight; I'll worry about it later. (Hell, I've been trying to get the heater out of there for 15 years or more!) Meanwhile, I'm going to have lunch (breakfast was a bite of cheese at Publix), shower and get ready for dinner at the C's.