Sunday, February 25, 2007
My Day In Perdido
Well here it is about 11ish and I am so tired. I went to church this morning and my ex drove. It seems rather odd riding with her I guess, but it works out ok as my van eats so much gas. I enjoy being able to go with her and don't get to see her often. Sometime I still get sad that it did not work out.
Well I went to Perdido and started first by checking to see if I could fix the pipe leak out on the street. Of course I had the wrong coupling. I find this out after I bailed out all the water.
Well I started hauling things into the house. I am actually taking a load everytime I go now. No trip wasted!!!. So I got over half in the house and decided to work on the last layer of the living room floor. I got the plywood lined up the way I thought it should go and proudly pounded my first nail in it. Now this might not seem like a big deal to most reading this. However this is the first nail I have pounded besides hanging pictures since 2001!! For me this is a mile marker. For the last three years up until a year ago I had in home care because I could not as much as pick up a small frying pan.
Well!! I was so excited I pounded another nail and then another... I smashed my finger with the hammer. Actually I did not care too much because I was still proud that this arm that had once had a very large tumor inside of it was actually doing this. So I went onto the second sheet once I had sufficiently nailed that one.
A but later two ladies are at my front door. They were a mother and daughter team from across the highway. They only heard one hammer so they decided to come and see if it was me and show their support. It was very nice and felt comforting to know they care enough to come see how I am doing.
Well now I am home and I hurt all over more than anywhere else. But it is so worth it!! These are all muscles which have not had much use that I truly believed could never be used again. While this is taking longer than I had planned on the house it is rewarding to be able to do some of this. I could not do the beginning part of this floor, but the last surgery seems to have taken and this part I can do.
My friend JoAnn came over and helped me load the van again tonight. When she told me she was on her way to do this my face actually fell because I was so sore and so tired. She told me not to shoot a gift horse in the mouth and I was glad she showed up. We have another load already loaded that is going to Perdido in the Morning.
The way I have my day planned tomorrow is to unload a few things. Then work on the floor. As soon as it warms up enough I will tackle those couplings on the water lines. Then I will use kilz on the closet wall and paint the closet. While that is drying I will do another section of the floor. For a break I will bring some items in the house.
Tomorrow I am going to take a sandwich with me. I was pretty hungry when I got home tonight. It was just getting dark tonight when I got home.
More Later
Ya Think!!
Well I went to Perdido and started first by checking to see if I could fix the pipe leak out on the street. Of course I had the wrong coupling. I find this out after I bailed out all the water.
Well I started hauling things into the house. I am actually taking a load everytime I go now. No trip wasted!!!. So I got over half in the house and decided to work on the last layer of the living room floor. I got the plywood lined up the way I thought it should go and proudly pounded my first nail in it. Now this might not seem like a big deal to most reading this. However this is the first nail I have pounded besides hanging pictures since 2001!! For me this is a mile marker. For the last three years up until a year ago I had in home care because I could not as much as pick up a small frying pan.
Well!! I was so excited I pounded another nail and then another... I smashed my finger with the hammer. Actually I did not care too much because I was still proud that this arm that had once had a very large tumor inside of it was actually doing this. So I went onto the second sheet once I had sufficiently nailed that one.
A but later two ladies are at my front door. They were a mother and daughter team from across the highway. They only heard one hammer so they decided to come and see if it was me and show their support. It was very nice and felt comforting to know they care enough to come see how I am doing.
Well now I am home and I hurt all over more than anywhere else. But it is so worth it!! These are all muscles which have not had much use that I truly believed could never be used again. While this is taking longer than I had planned on the house it is rewarding to be able to do some of this. I could not do the beginning part of this floor, but the last surgery seems to have taken and this part I can do.
My friend JoAnn came over and helped me load the van again tonight. When she told me she was on her way to do this my face actually fell because I was so sore and so tired. She told me not to shoot a gift horse in the mouth and I was glad she showed up. We have another load already loaded that is going to Perdido in the Morning.
The way I have my day planned tomorrow is to unload a few things. Then work on the floor. As soon as it warms up enough I will tackle those couplings on the water lines. Then I will use kilz on the closet wall and paint the closet. While that is drying I will do another section of the floor. For a break I will bring some items in the house.
Tomorrow I am going to take a sandwich with me. I was pretty hungry when I got home tonight. It was just getting dark tonight when I got home.
More Later
Ya Think!!
1 comments:
Wow, gal, what a schedule. You are making some real headway. I've had a couple of discouraging days with my back, so am staying home doing nothing, though that is disappointing. Sorry I was so wierd yesterday - my blog will explain. I tried to call you back, but my phone finally died because of all the calls with people worrying about us driving into tornados. I was wondering if they were up around your area - sounds as if you were driving in them too?