Monday Morning Update

GOOOOD MORNING VIETNAMMM!!!

Glad to have you reading. Now down to business. It is time for the Monday Morning Update.

This weekend went by really fast. Friday afternoon I went home with the intention of going out & cutting firewood. Well, my dad spent the better part of the afternoon fixing the chainsaw. My mom cut down some starter trees that had taken over in my garden, & I dealt with a propane issue. Needless to say, no dice on cutting firewood. We did however have afire out side that mirrored the California wide fires. We burnt off a good portion of the brush pile I had setting in my back yard.

While dad was fixing the chainsaw we kept getting a whiff of propane. So I called the co-op & they came out & did a safety check on the system. He found a small leak, but nothing that should of produced the hit you in the face with a baseball bat smell that we were receiving. Well he decided to come back at 7:30 the next morning to change out some parts & try & solve the problem. Saturday was going to be really busy anyway & I am an early riser so 7:30 worked for me. He changed out the parts did another check & he found no leaks. We have narrowed the gas smell to the septic system venting. The tank is right at the front of the house where we smell the gas.

The service guy was done about 8:55. I had a 9:00 photo shoot (had to photograph some flamingos). I finished that about 10:00. I ran & got a new chain for the chainsaw & then we went to cut some firewood for a few hours. We loaded my truck & dad’s trailer & went back to the house where my Paul Bunyan dad proceeded to split the whole trailer load of wood. Well after that I had about enough time to get a shower before 4:00 practice. From practice I had a 6:00 class to video. Than after the class, about 9:30 I had an animal control issue to take care of. 9:45 rolls around & I get home & finally sit down.

Before I know it Sunday morning is here & it is up & off to church. I am completely worn out & have the worst migraine ever & no access to drugs. I told Elicia we need to leave as soon as church is over so I can go get some drugs in my system to help num the pain. Wouldn’t you know that that is the Sunday were everybody & their dog needs something, we ended up one of the last people to leave. Now about five hours into severe migraine with no medicine (you migraine people know what it is like), I want to just curl up in a ball in a cool, dark, quite, room & die. Nope it is my brother in law’s birthday & we have to go over there for cake. This house is the last place you want to be when you have a migraine. Most of the family is genetically LOUD! Well I crossed my fingers & took some prescription migraine medicine & it eventually went away. We just vegged, watched some football & a movie & did nothing. It was great.

When we got home I thought I would start a fire in my new woodstove & watch a movie with my very pregnant wife. No dice. I put some paper in to start the fire & smoke came pouring out of every crevasse on the stove. So being the handy man that I am I torn it apart & cleaned it. I put everything back together & still smoke filled the house. At this point mad, tired, & at the end of my ability, I called my all-knowing wise father & he came over & educated me on wood stoves. All this country stuff is new to me. We finally got a fire going & smoke going out the chimney & not in my living room & that made me happy. By the time that was done it was 10:30 & time for bed.

This morning I stopped off at the oasis & got a 64-ounce cup of strawberry-lime Gatorade goodness. Let me just say that 64-ounces can really go through you. I am ready for a catheter. I don’t think I have ever peed this much.

Got to go, lots of work to be done, & I have to pee.

My Thought For The Day:
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