A good day of work.

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This morning I left the house at the same time Liz and Luke departed for High Hopes. I drove to Manchester and bought ground plastic at Home Depot. I wanted block sealer as well, but they didn’t have five gallon buckets of it. My next stop was at the market in Pelham for a little breakfast, which I soon regretted. I tried to take a nap upon reaching the cottage, but could only lie on the couch thinking. Finally at about one I headed over to the job site. It was still pretty wet but I was able to remove a lot of tree debris. I also did the initial staking for the excavators. I worked until nearly dark because around four o’clock the excavator texted to say he’s coming tomorrow and I wanted to be fully ready for him.

A different kind of productive.

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After dorking around this morning I drove down to the surplus store in Woodbury where I bought 360 sheets of OSB at a cost of over $12,000. That represented a huge savings over other vendors, but it still stung. From there I drove to Lowe’s in Shelbyville for rebar ties and chairs. I drove home as quickly as I could, and made it home well before dinner so that I could play with Luke a bit.

Doing a little bit more of everything.

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This morning after breakfast I went to Kroger and then the gas station, then cut the grass in the back field. The mower did great. After that I went to get straw for our straw bale garden. We just kind of hung out around the house for a bit – I showered and prepared dinner in the slow cooker while Liz and Luke played outside. We had lunch and the rain started while we were eating. We drove up to Lauren’s to have a Mother’s Day celebration with my parents as well as their friend Megan and her son JT. It was a nice time. We returned home for dinner and Luke talked all about our time there. Due to the storms he didn’t have a real bath. I am waiting around for the rain to stop or at least slow down before I drive up to Monteagle.

Doing a little of everything.

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This morning after breakfast we went to the farmers market to get bread, carrots, and cheese. Luke enjoyed seeing everybody. From there we went home and all worked on cutting up the fallen tree and hauling it to the burn pile. After a return trip to the market we went to TSC where Luke saw the chicks and drills. We had lunch and a failed nap attempt, then went for a little drive. Our first stop was the Dotted Lime so Liz could get some coffee. We drove out towards Santa Fe, then over to Spring Hill to the library, where Liz got a card. Unfortunately she forgot Luke’s shoes, so he couldn’t go inside. We went to the Port Royal playground for quite a while. It was pretty crowded but Luke handled himself very well. We got pizza from a place in Spring Hill that we hadn’t tried before, Frankie’s. It was pretty good. Luke really stretched out dinner time and didn’t go to sleep until nearly nine. He should sleep well tonight though.

A beautiful, but still muddy day.

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Last nights storms made everything even messier. I went to the library parking lot to send emails and make phone calls, many of which I had been putting off for a while. So it felt good to do that. I took trash to the dump and stopped by the Goat Market to chat with Eric for a bit. After going back to the cottage to clean and pack I went next door to see Debbie. I didn’t stay for too long before returning to the cottage to watch an episode of Magnum PI that I had downloaded on my phone. The drive home was uneventful. I arrived to see a tree down in the back field, and so I started cutting it up. It will take several trailer trips to get it all over to the burn pile. I also need to get more gas for my chainsaw. It was good to see Luke and we played a bit before dinner. He was quite rambunctious at bed time but eventually went to sleep.