I sit here listening to the heavy rainfall with heavy heart. Please stop raining. I wonder what is going on in my basement, but I just don't want to look right now, not a thing I can do about it. We have the holes covered as best we can. My contractor can't start for another week and a half and we still don't have the basement cleaned out of all the tools and mud.
My son's both are working to much to help this upcoming week and Rick can't do it alone. Yesterday I was shoveling mud with one arm and then lifting it to a bucket. Today I have severe pain in my broken wrist and am afraid I undid the healing the bone was doing. I just can't afford that. So I put a ad in Craigslist looking for some strong men to do some dirty work. Rick was mad but I have to do what it takes to get it done before the contractor gets here to repair the wall.
This week we had temps in the 100's making working in the basement and hauling things to the storage unit horrible. I must have walked up the basement stairs 1000 times.
I told Rick bad things come in 3's so hopefully this is it for this year. My broken wrist, the basement wall, both my lawn mowers are out of commission right now and my grass it mid calf high. Oh, and if I lose my job. That would really be bad since I am going through my retirement stash to pay for my basement repairs. Oh well, I never expected to live to retirement anyway.
Not all things are bad though. Went to a party at the newlyweds and had a blast. Rick is better but I am worried about the weight he is losing. Down 12 pounds without trying. He is under 200 and for a man as tall as him that is getting kinda low. He is tired all the time and having all these joint pains. But he won't go to the doctor. Hopefully it is just because we are working so hard and he has to do all the heavy lifting.
My grandkids are here and will be staying with us this week. I was hoping to have the pool up but with all the things going on having managed it yet. I did talk to someone about leveling our yard area for the pool since the new one is larger. I want it level. Maybe I can get him here Tuesday.
Well, enough of this depressing post. When I feel real sorry for myself I drive down the hill and look at the flooded business's and homes. I really have nothing to complain about. Things could be worse and are for many.
