I don’t know about you, but electrical equipment is not in the cards for me. This is about the day (last weekend) that my partner wired our house with new gadgets.
I would consider myself pretty much a Jill of all trades. If a picture needs to be hung I can manage the hammer, if the furniture needs moving or cleaning I can also manage that, but when it comes to anything electronic I am of no use. I could not figure out how to plug in the VCR if my life depended on it and I am not exaggerating much.
Anyways my partner is the complete opposite, he loves anything that has power going into it and wires, wires every where. Now we live in a small apartment, three rooms and a bath. Small but fine for just the two of us and Kittunni. Everything we need on a small scale, but all of that has changed recently.
Since my partners return from India he decided we needed a high tech stereo system. Why is beyond me, but I go go along with the flow most of the time. Anyways, he ordered three different surround sound systems which all were delivered to my work. Now these were not small boxes and me trying to get them to my van was some what no fun at all, never mind climbing the flight of stairs to the apartment. Some how with some help from my sweetie we got them upstairs. He also ordered an I Pod Touch, a Apple air jack, and an Apple TV, plus multiple cables. I have no clue what any of the above even do, hahaahah, but once there the fun began.
He opened the boxes with such excitement, like it was a child at Christmas time. Unpacking all the components and wondering how they connect to the entire house. I sat there as an onlooker wondering why on earth in this tiny apartment we needed all of this crap. I have never been very materialistic and this time was no different. After a half hour I retired to the bedroom to watch tv and relax. I had no desire to witness the happenings of my living room.
I could hear him out there in the living room connecting this and moving that and soon he appeared in our bedroom asking me for help. I giggled and said, ya right, you want my help, but got up and held the hammer and nails as he ran the wires up the door casing and over the doors to where the speakers were to be mounted. That was my one and only job the entire day for this project, thank God !
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