Under pressure, rotten winter

So when I woke up yesterday I had a loose plan to do a couple things around the house but hopefully spend a good portion of the day just chilling out.  Unlike Saturday and Sunday, which had fantastic weather, it was overcast with threatening skies most of the day.

Late in the morning for some reason I got the idea in my head that I should be pressure washing.  Cindy had plans to pressure wash the sheds for a little while but it really isn’t the kind of work she should be doing with the chronic hand/arm pain she has.  Pressure washing is tough on me, it is brutal for her.

I decided to try using our newer, smaller, 1500 PSI electric pressure washer.  We bought this for Cindy awhile ago as it is much easier to manage than the big 3000 PSI gas washer I also have.  I was worried that perhaps it would not have the power to blast off the scuzz but it turned out to be surprisingly capable.  Plus the small size and not having to worry about dumping gas into the unit was a nice bonus.

As is often the case, pressure washing leads to more pressure washing, in total I was out there for around 5 hours.  Evidently the last time I washed the sheds I must have skipped doing the roof of the larger shed.  My prior laziness resulted in an incredibly gross clean up up top where the panels were covered with various shades of green and black.

The marathon session of course left my forearms worn out but also my lower back aching from the dangerous, hunched over position I had to utilize to hit the edges of the roof while still standing on top of it.  The coop also got it’s first blasting since we erected it.  The pvc seems to be more resistant to scuzz as only a few spots really needed attention.

So I have mentioned several times how this winter the weather has been the most shitty and abnormal since I moved to Florida back in 2000.  Specifically, the precipitation is out of control.  More than once this winter we have had enough rain to cause horrible standing water.  Normally winters are cool and dry for weeks on end.  Well last night another chapter in the shitty 2016 winter weather book was written.

Cindy and I were awakened this morning around 4:00 am by severe lightning and thunder followed by torrential rain that sounded like someone was continuously dumping water on the roof from a massive bucket.  The rain continued right up until the time the alarm went off a little before 6AM.  As some light started to show up on the property it revealed that once again a good portion of the front and back yard is now under water.  Local news reported as much as an inch and a half of rain, I think they are low.  I bet we got at least a couple inches of rain in those couple hours based on the pool level and the water in the yard.

Cindy shares my frustration with this wet winter weather.  It seems pointless to get pissed off at Mother Nature but that is exactly the emotion that comes to the top of the pile.