Last weekend was a rough one. I felt bad Thursday, tried to sleep it off, it got worse on Friday, so I made the mistake of going to urgent care, which apparently is only useful if you break your arm or something. After 4 hours of agony, they finally transferred me to the ER where I should have gone in the first place (to be fair, I thought it was a stomach bug or something, I had no idea it was pancreatitis). So my weekend was spent in the hospital. I will refrain from dumping on the hospital too much here, but suffice it to say that even in the low standards that is American healthcare, this place deserves its poor rating. I was released Monday afternoon. I promptly slept literally the rest of the day and a good chunk of the day yesterday too, before finally dragging myself out and going shopping and doing some chores. They didn't find the cause, but I am at least functional again. Now I just await the bill, at which point some interesting juggling will be done. I expect it to push the bounds of my out of pocket maximum.
It was rather chilly in the house while I was gone, but it was nice out and my couch is right by the windows, so it wasn't a big deal.
Saturday while I was in the hospital was a lot of heavy rain (because it hadn't rained in a day). It created a couple little channels in the driveway I might want to fix.
Not too much has happened since I got home, but I did have a peeping tom the other day. This was taken from my master bathroom window.
Tomorrow and Saturday are supposed to rain again, which is really annoying, but at least the rough stuff is on Friday and Saturday is just showers. If they are intermittent, I can still get stuff for the CR-V conversion ready, like get the bottom layer of padding done, get the plywood cut for the bed, and so on. I am not 100% yet, but should be close by the weekend.
Available Projects and annual tasks:
- Dunks and bug repellent.
- Clean up yard
- Take scrap metal away
- Finish cleanup on the pile in the back
- Do something with the trailer.
- Fix excavator
- Finish drainage
- Build deck
- Push back trees
- Install concrete pilings
- Install landscape fabric and gravel underneath
- Build frame
- Lay decking
- Set up hot tub and pool
- Build insulated platform for hot tub
- Put down pool sand to level spot for pool
- Get water delivered for both
- Fix mowers and equipment
- Get tractor serviced
- Build travel station for CR-V/prep CR-V for travel
- Move carport
- Build the roof extension over to the rocks
- Fix front stairs
- Test travel options (rent u-haul and test that, rent trailer and test that)
- Install storm doors
- Build overhangs for windows
- Insulate the water lines
- Front yard drainage
- Fix snowblowers (broken grease fitting on big snowblower, gas leak on small one)
- Gravel/hardpack driveway
- Fix grade to the shed
- Level a spot for a lean-to up the hill
- Build a small lean-to for off-season equipment
- Make shed mouse-tight
- Create walking trails (put up markers, maybe put down some gravel).
- Clear and level a spot for orchard
- Build a bridge over the creek
- Build a gazebo or something on the other side
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