Daris, Oh no! I somehow missed that info before. Thank you. :-( Excuse my language, but fuck cancer!
Got up & fed the kitties, dragged my brother to the post office & store. Got the new microwave at the post office. Sucker is massive & the lady at the post office said she couldn't lift it. So she slid it across the floor and opened a side door. I picked it up and carried it out. I've fallen down the stairs there before so I set it on top of the rail to slide it down to make sure I wouldn't trip. A nice lady outside saw me and thought it was bc it was too heavy so she put her hands under it when I got it off the rail and walked it over to the truck with me. Very sweet of her. My brother took it and almost dropped it-- banged it around putting it in the back seat. I could have gotten it but I guess he wanted to try to be useful.
He bought a ton of junk food at the store. I think it's bc he's depressed about Namir. I did get some clearance chocolate muffins for myself. I was craving chocolate. I got two little shallow plastic bins. First one I grabbed I thought might be too tall to fit on top of the microwave and I was right. 2nd one was a drawer organizer and is just right. Before I had a shallow cardboard box on top that was falling apart. I emptied it & cleaned everything in it and then organized things in the drawer bin and set it on top of the microwave. Now I can find my damn scissors! I used the other bin to go behind the air fryer to keep the cats from climbing behind the air fryer and bumping the power cords in the outlet. It lets the air fryer sit forward enough that the door handle doesn't hit the counter when it opens and I can fit the can opener behind it now-- with the bin the cats can't get behind the can opener and knock it off the counter.
Got groceries home, unloaded, & put away. My brother helped bring some stuff in but then went to go play video games without helping put stuff away (which is usual for him). He didn't help bring the microwave in and that was a bitch and a half to get through the bottlenecks and over to a good spot. I moved the old microwave out of the way, scrubbed the counter & organized the coffee stuff (which I don't use) then got the new microwave set up. I need to put something under the "feet" to keep it from sliding around. Got the bins all placed too. Used the new microwave (which is apparently the same model as the old one) to cook for mom.
Also emptied the kitchen trash (which is one of the big outdoor trash cans that takes a contractor bag) and set the bag aside to be taken out in the morning. Picked up some trash in the living room. My left shoulder really hates me right now. I will have to take the old microwave out tomorrow when I can see better.
I also got the batteries in the animatronic Grogu for Mom and left her to play with it. Couldn't give her grandkids but I got her a Grogu. LOL.
Here is my current setup (the door hardware needs to be placed and lower cabinets need a good cleaning and new coat of poly).