Paul asked me to help him prepare the driveway to be sealed. My assigned task was to trim flowers around an island in the driveway and move rocks (small hand sized rocks) away from the from the edge of the driveway. He totally knows better and knows that I excel at other things. I laughed when he said that was what he needed help with. I gave him the old “we’ll see if I can do that.” I wanted to give him grim hope in case my back was uncooperative. I started working on it after work. I probably completed 85% of the job. FAR more than I ever expected. Physical therapy is such a game changer. I couldn’t have done that two years ago. I stopped when it started to bother me and made myself useful by having dinner ready. Seems like a fair trade. Paul noticed the camper was sitting a bit odd. He found that there was something wrong with a brace blah blah blah and the axel. I wasn’t paying that close attention to the fine details. I asked if it was significant enough to cancel the trip. He sa...
This morning I was able to book tickets for girls weekend (5 days) in Florida in March. It’s one of those 5 day weekends. Phew! I have a few trips to look forward to once the weather gets cold and crappy. Avery and Kendall came over to have a day fire and enjoy the fall air. We had the dogs out, Ethan joined us and I threw together a half assed lunch. We all enjoyed the half ass lunch of frozen pizza and frozen breaded chicken. We had some tunes on and we had a 30 second sprinkle that resolved so fast. I was able to get a few more bags of sticks cut and stored for our kindling wood this winter. Paul brought the camper home and will be moving it in a day or so to Ethan’s driveway. We are sealing our driveway this week. I say “We”. I am not overly involved in this. I do have to trim some plants around one portion of the driveway, but that is the extent of my role. We prepare for one last camping trip of the season. We are getting our money’s worth out of this camper. I ...