Quick three day recap, Thallium

As expected, my days have been rolling by, passing quickly as I keep them pretty much filled with activities both project and hobbyist related.  Tuesday was my most triumphant day as I managed to get the Prius battery put back together and reinstalled into the car.  At this point the car has had around 150 miles on it since the work and it is performing well.  Swapping out individual cells is not a long term fix for an old battery pack but hopefully it will hold up for another 6-12 months.  The good news is I have all the tools and experience to swap out more cells if needed in the future.

My One Wheel Pint showed up on Tuesday but I didn’t really get a chance to ride it until Wednesday.  It seems like a great product that provides a real One Wheel experience with no compromises outside of less battery range.  I am excited to see how Cindy does on it.

The property had been doing very well this wet season, so far we have not had any standing water that lasted for more than a day or two.  Well on Wednesday that changed when we got absolutely pummeled, creating deep lakes around the property.  I set the pump back up in the chicken area to try to move the water to the drainage ditch.  That pump is now a few years old and doesn’t run consistently.  I decided to go to Harbor Freight and get a more heavy duty pump that supposedly can move 4000 gallons an hour.  I hooked it up and noticed and immediate difference.  Before the water was just running out the far end of the hose, now it’s shooting out.  I may try to increase the capacity further by connecting the pump to 1 1/4″ hose instead of 3/4″ garden hose.

I have been digging into a ton of little small projects, organizing and cleaning things up around the house.  Those sort of tasks are truly endless.  I have been finding time to do a lot of video production as well as you can see below.

I started off this morning with 12 laps around the track at a very slow pace.  I survived which is all I care about.

Speaking of surviving, I got a surprising call late last week regarding my latest round of testing.  They said a high thallium level was detected in the urine test.  Thallium is a heavy metal that in high enough concentrations can cause all sorts of bad things, up to and including death.  The low end of the scale where they get concerned is a level of .5 which is what mine came back at.  I need to do a follow up visit with the doctor to discuss further actions but for now Cindy ordered some stuff that is supposed to bind to thallium and help flush it out of my body.  I assume whatever the treatment is there will be a follow up test to see if the numbers move downward.