Sunday, December 7, 2025
Breakfast at home: leftover Indian food: pakora wrapped in flatbread, papadum, hot water. I spent hours on electrical work in preparation for installing the new washlet in the primary (south) bathroom. One problem involved stripped screwheads. Another problem was finding that the SnapPower MotionLight GFCI would not correctly fit my GFCI outlet. I rotated the outlet so that it was upside down but it still wouldn't work because I didn't want the light pointing up and even if I tried mounting the MotionLight down (an unsupported configuration) the metal box did not leave enough room for the prongs to slide through. I could have widened it with my Dremel-like tool, but I was already so tired of dealing with it. What if I replaced the outlet? I tried identifying which GFCI outlets were compatible but failed since it's very hard or impossible to determine the placement of the line terminals when purchasing. I will probably return the MotionLight GFCIs at a small cost. Patrick and I walked to lunch at Cove Cafe: two eggs with grits and bacon with coffee for Patrick, roast chicken sandwich and hot water for me. Afterwards we visited Cliff's Variety for supplies then returned home. I installed a new washlet in the primary bathroom. All went well except I again encountered the problem in which turning the toilet valve off did not stop the water from flowing; it had to be turned off at the main. Later, dinner at home with Patrick: fried tilapia sandwiches with potato chips, hot water, red wine. Afterwards we watched the remainder of Frankenstein (2025) on Netflix then YouTube. Patrick went to bed. I joined a few hours later.