Day 125

The first pic here was actually taken yesterday - the 15th. To reduce the amount of stress for the next (early) morning, I disassembled the bed and loaded the frame into the bed of my truck. You can't tell from the pic, but the space behind the seats is taken up by the two thinner mattresses - which I rolled up tightly with bungee cords, while the third one I kept in my room at the apartment to sleep on last night.

 

I had two stops on the way up: one at the farm, to help out the guy who owns it - he's getting over pneumonia right now. As it turns out, the first task he needed me for was to see if I could repair two propane heaters that are broken. They didn't need to be done today, so I loaded them in the back around the frame to take with me. The second stop was to work for my client in Payson, but she decided that today was going to be a "planning upcoming tasks" day, which worked in my favor, as I really wanted to get up to Pine to get the bed unloaded and reassembled in the trailer.

When I tried to see if the headboard would fit, my prediction came true - it does fit, but I needed to shave off one of the little top corners in order for it to do so. Purely aesthetic - so I don't feel bad slicing it off. Once again, oscillating multi-tool to the rescue:

 

Look at that :) A nearly-perfect fit:

 

The frame had a few challenges, mostly just some repairs that needed to be done. Considering that I bought this from Ikea back in 2005, I'd say it has held together quite well.

After about an hour of grappling with the frame, it was ready for the mattresses:

 

 

All that remained was the first sleep. When I finally did crash, there were high winds, so burning the stove was not a safe move. And since I don't yet had my fancy, heavy-gauge extension cord, I had to keep the space heater at the half setting. I periodically checked the temp inside. The low temp in the evening was going to be 30 degrees, but the trailer never dropped below 52, which is promising! I was bundled up in a sweatshirt, pajamas, socks and a knit hat, of course...and under two comforters, so it wasn't too challenging. When I got up at 5am, the wind had died down, so I got a decent fire going. Within an hour or so, the place warmed up to 70 degrees. Yay!