HA! The bookshelves are up.

The second bookshelf is now attached to the wall. All went quite smoothly, except the part where I cut myself. With what, you may ask? Hopefully not the drill while in motion - no. Surely you were careful with the exacto blade when trimming the opening to allow access to the power outlet? Yes, yes I was careful, and no, I did not cut myself with the knife.

I cut myself on the back of the desk, next to which the bookcase was being set up, when I reached around to adjust the path taken by the power cord that uses the outlet. Yes, I cut myself on the furniture. Heaven only knows why it has something sharp back there but it sure does. Fortunately it's not a large cut, but it's definitely a cut and not a scrape.

Sigh. Power tools and knives, I know to be cautious of. Apparently I haven't learned to be cautious about desks. :P

The work isn't quite done. Not unless I think the bottom shelf looks best decorated with little heaps of detritus from putting that opening in. Which I don't. But other than that it's fine.

The drive home today....

...was interesting. I drove into what I thought was rain, then realized was sleet. Then it turned into hail. Hail. In April. At this elevation!

Played merry havoc with the freeway traffic; I'll even forgive my fellow drivers for this. Oregonians ought to know how to drive in rain, but I'll accept skittishness due to hail mixed with fairly heavy sleet that were, besides unusual, messing with visibility as well.

For bonus points, there were a very few cloud breaks....

...one of which was permitting the sun to shine, full brilliance, through the onslaught. Talk about visibility issues. :P