Hot and humid, but maybe less so.
Yesterday was cooler in the evening than last week. Hot during the day though.
I didn’t get much done. Had to go to my storage unit to get an ebay sale item, then pack and ship that. Grabbed some useful stuff from the unit while I was there. On the way home, I cruised the heavy trash piles and easily could have filled the pickup with free firewood. As it was I grabbed mostly 6-8 inch diameter limbs, all oak, and about 4 feet long. I’ll get them cut and stacked soon enough now that I have the racks in place. Having the pickup truck makes it easy to do some things that would be much harder without it. Scavenging, and transporting building supplies are two that leap to mind.
Today I need to drop off a projector for service, hit the Habitat reStore to see if they have a door that will replace my patio door, and do a quick site visit for my client. He lost about half his wifi in the house. I think I probably messed up the PoE or net connection when I was over there last week. I think I’ll mask up, or at least be back to wearing gloves on site, as I didn’t want to be there for a couple of weeks while the covid cooties died off.
Hopefully I can also find time to drop off some auction stuff too. Most of my errands are in the Northwest metro area today. I try to “clump” errands to save driving and time. Can’t always, but I do try.
Thanks to whoever recommended the Alex Verus magic books, both my wife and I enjoyed them a lot, and are looking forward to the next one. Harry Dresden and Alex Verus both have new books in the series out this Fall. That seems a long time away at the moment.
Dinner was mostly leftovers. A bit of ham steak rounded out the meal. In times of hardship and privation, throwing out food is very undesirable. Cooking portions that all get eaten is a learned skill. Eating the leftovers just takes doing it. So much easier, and yet I know people who don’t and won’t eat leftovers. I hope they can continue to be so choosy.
In other news, I had a long conversation with Frances about Barbara’s condition and status. Good news. They are transferring her to a rehab facility. That means that outside of the picc line, she’s off of IV meds, and the infections are taken care of. The exception being the one in her spine that is causing the pain and disability. She’s looking at 6-8 weeks of treatment for that, hopefully with prompt and continued improvement. They are not setting a schedule for when or under what conditions she can return home, she needs to get more mobile, get daily living chores under control, and get the pain under control before then. However, she’s making progress, and getting out of the actual hospital. Once she’s settled into the new facility, I’ll pass along contact info for cards or treats. She’s aware of and grateful for the concern and support from our community. I should have another update in a day or two. (and Colin is doing fine with Al as his personal body servant)
And that’s it for this morning. Keep stacking.
nick