Winded, Fence and Flat fixing, Haunting me, Party Prep
After work on Friday I stopped at Home Depot to load the Tacoma up with ANOTHER pile of top soil and sod for the chicken area. At this point I have probably added around 300 square feet of elevated area to prepare for wet season. It’s normally grunt work but with my current odd issue with endurance, it felt much, much harder. I was ridiculously tired after spreading the dirt and laying the sod. I mean it was at a point where I was evaluating just how wiped out should I be before I get medically evaluated. The sensation continued Saturday morning as well but lessened as the weekend progressed. After my CT test this week I will be getting the results and then moving forward with whatever is next. Whatever is going on with me since late last summer is not normal.
On Saturday we made a run to Tractor Supply as they sell higher quality chicken feed than Rural King. I want the new birds to have the best shot of being healthy long term. While I was there I also picked up some fence posts to replace a few rotting cross supports in our fence line. Later in the afternoon I walked the entire perimeter assessing which supports were in need of replacement. As I was coming down the east fence line I saw something that I didn’t want to see, a motionless rabbit.
We always have rabbits in the yard at night. If they are spotted by Elsa she always gives chase. When she does, up until this point, the rabbits have always been able to squeeze through the small rectangular opening in the fence to escape. Well for whatever reason this unlucky animal got stuck, and it apparently died struggling to escape which was a horrific thought that I couldn’t keep from reentering my mind the rest of the weekend. What made it worse was on the one leg there was a spot where all the fur was gone, I am sure Elsa was responsible for not only getting the rabbit stuck but for that as well. That added to the already horrible imagery in my mind.
So I went and got a wire snips and a shovel. I buried the poor animal outside the fence line. This incident has greatly reduced the amount of autonomous freedom we will allow Elsa. Quite often we would just let her roam the backyard while we attend to other tasks. That is no longer acceptable. I also plan to carry a flashlight with me at night so if she does shoot off to chase a rabbit I will be able to make sure there is no tragic outcome like what happened this weekend.
Cindy and I went on a brief ride on our PEVs to the grocery store for her to grab a couple things. She rode the Dualtron scooter, I rode my 18L. For the second time in a month she hit something in the road that punctured the rear tire. She was able to baby it home on the flat tire. Luckily when I last did the repair I ordered two tubes. I was able to replace the tube pretty easily since I had done it once before.
Saturday night Cindy and I watched American Made, a Tom Cruise film. It is based on a true story that seems too incredible to be true. The main character is a pilot who in the late 70’s and 80’s was double dipping, working for the US government and the drug cartels. He would take spy photos and deliver guns to the Contras and then load up the plane with drugs to fly them back to the US. It’s just a crazy story. Once again, even though I am not a fan of Tom Cruise as a person, his string of entertaining movies for me remains intact, B+.
Sunday morning Cindy and took advantage of the overcast skies and cooler temperatures to go out for a ride. We hit North Collier Regional Park with Cindy riding the Backfire skateboard as I rolled on my One Wheel. A good portion of the video is my offering up my opinion on the new One Wheel Pint which was just announced this week.
Later in the afternoon I pulled out the pressure washer to clean the lanai deck in preparation for the baby shower next week. It’s a tedious and slow process but needed to be done. This weekend I took off Friday and Monday. Friday I will have more to do in prep and Monday will give me time to hopefully get stuff done that I want to do. Oh just to keep things fun I have my high resolution chest CT tomorrow morning followed by skin cancer surgery on Wednesday.