Rain

Song of the day: “Don’t marry her” by the Beautiful South. It’s been a while since I heard that one. Good song, though.

Had a somewhat restless night the other day. Don’t know why, I’ll blame it on the moon, or something. Hah. The day got started with a quick dip in the pool, followed by walking the visiting dogs…much like I’ve been doing most mornings.

Yesterday was spent primarily by the basin terrace. Even tenant went along, and sat down there, reading while big brother and grandpa continued to haul more sludge out of the basin to prepair for the predicted rain. Might not have been the smartest thing for big brother to do, what with him having pulled his back, but he did it regardless, which he paid for today, poor fella.

But anyway, while they did that, cousin Ed and I started cleaning up the outside kitchen, and put everything away in the basement for winter. It took some time, the cleaning, the sorting, the carrying and going up and down the stairs. Up and down, back and forth. In the end it was all down there though, and since Sally and caregiver had gone to the hospital for the last day of radio therapy. Her sight is better now, and though she is a bit wobbly after therapy, she does feel there is an overall improvement.

Before we could store stuff down there, however, there was the linoleum to remove off the floor. It was so old, it was literally breaking apart while I was taking it out. Then, after everything was put away, it was time to get garbage up to the car, which took several trips to say the least. Afterward tenant had to be walked up, and she was pleasantly surprised that she wasn’t as tired as she has been the past few days, and that she hadn’t expected that she’d manage to walk all the way up, in one session.

Good news is that little brother passed his driver’s license exam at last. (Yay for little brother) His usual sense of humor was intact, seeing as he SMSed mom to come pick him up, saying he failed. Then when she arrived, he came out, claiming that he was never going back there, ever again, which had mom totally depressed of course. Then he started grinning and told her he made it. Little bastard. He likes riling folks. Hah.

Big brother and I spent the remainder of the afternoon heading out and getting rid of a full load of garbage. Seriously, we only got half out and will need another trip to get it all out, but it’s a start at least.

Bad news, the Opel, once again, is in trouble. It is making some sort of wacky sound, meaning that we can’t drive it, again, and that we really have to have it towed to the garage again, darn it. What is wrong with our transportation of late? Jeez.

Writing. Almost done with the book. Almost. Did two pages yesterday, double that today, and am well into the last scene. Very intense, very sad. Seeing as the weather was particularly rainy today, not big splashes but a miserly thing mostly. Just enough of to be annoying, but incredibly good for the plants, so mother nature is forgiven.

Sally has her new closet, as of yesterday evening, and the beginning of today, after doing my normal chores, I spent putting my cabin to rights. Seriously, it was such a mess I stood the for about ten minutes wondering where the heck to start. Finally decided to just pick a spot and start and then see where I end up. Did finally get all my horizontal surfaces cleared, which is a good start. Looks a little better now, less like a pigsty.

What else? I went down into the yard for a bit, seeing as big brother wasn’t worth much today. He spent the majority of the day in his room, resting his back, doing some edits, resting some more. Harvested some peppers and such, and then went up to cook supper. Fried rice with veggies, a satay sauce and a bit of fried beef on the side. The fried beef was heavy on the stomach, but what the hey, had to be done.

Dogs. Well, mine spent the majority of the day inside my cabin making a nuisance of themselves. Seriously, there is nothing quite as annoying as having to work around a pack in the rain. It was wet everywhere! Aaaargh.

Okay, time for bed. I need to get horizontal fast and head for a new day. Rainy days exhaust me.