Screwed, Dead, A New Destination
My weekend started off once again with a trip to another branch for our final conversion of the project which I was happy about. The small size of the branch and the fact that we had done this 7 or 8 times before meant we were wrapped up in 90 minutes. Instead of heading home afterward I instead went to AutoZone to grab a new battery for the Tacoma. I was going to take the truck to the office but got clicks when I went to turn it over. The truck is right around 5 years old at this point which is on par with the average lifespan of a battery in the brutal Florida climate. When I got back I wasted no time installing it in the truck.
After I was done I went out and helped Cindy who was working in the chicken yard. She was pulling all of the egg rocks out of the small landscaped areas in front of the coop/run, pulling out the weeds that had grown in between them, laid down weed block, reset the castle stone border and then put the stones back. The areas looked 100% better by the end of the work which I helped with as well.
After lunch we went to Rural King. I was looking at some supplies to use when redoing the garden area, the next project on our list. I already bought a new galvanized raised bed for the spot. That bed consumed a ton of my time over the weekend as I put it together utilizing countless nuts and bolts. It also consumed all of my patience as it only went together a certain way, which required me to undo/redo a couple sections, multiple times. At Rural King they had water holders for cattle that were the same shape and roughly the same dimensions for less than I paid, with no assembly required. I think we will buying one of those to fill out the space.
After a very busy day Cindy and I met Deb for dinner at Brooks once again. Cindy absolutely loves the burgers there and would probably go every week if she could. Because snowbird season has expired we were able to sit down outside immediately which was nice. We had the same waitress we had previously who is very friendly, making the meal experience more enjoyable.
Sunday morning after doing chicken chores, paying my bills, and doing a coffee run with the dogs Katie and DJ came over for a visit. The pool water is now in the low 80’s so it is comfortable to swim in. DJ loves the water. I discovered something he also loves, watching me splash Sadie with pool water. Every time I would do it he would belly laugh, it was very funny. They hung out for a few hours, DJ loved seeing Sadie there although she does not share the sentiment, for some reason DJ spooks her. DJ now calls most dogs “Sadie”.
Mid-afternoon I decided to go ride at a spot I had thought about for a long time, a public golf course that was bought by the county last year. It has been more or less abandoned since then but I thought the cart path would be a fun thing to ride, it turns out I was right. I had a blast zipping around the course on the curving path which included lots of little rises and falls. I definitely will be returning there with some of my other wheels in the future.
By the time I got done doing the editing that evening the weekend had basically expired. I need to start chipping away at my vacation balance to start giving myself some long weekends for sanity restoration.