The Day After

I awoke Thursday morning to a yard filled with oak tree debris. The wind from Milton knocked down a ton of smaller branches, leaving them both in the yard and in the gutters. The stuff in the yard I could leave for my lawn guy to take care of but I did pull my ladder out. I went around the perimeter of the roof line pulling out any branches that could become a source of future gutter clogs. I opened up the rear lanai accordion shutters and rolled up the the front door protection. I decided to leave the window protection up for now. There is a potential tropical system that could impact us next week so until I know how viable that is I will just live with a darker house for now.

During the morning I also drove Meaghan to go get her vehicle which she moved out to Golden Gate for the storm. She lives right by the water and saw appreciable storm surge of several feet. My Tacoma got a bit of a muck bath driving through the sloppier sections near the gulf. It was a good thing she moved her vehicle as it would have seen significant water damage otherwise.

I was hoping to grab my first Dunkin Donuts coffee in a few days on the way there but my location was still closed. There was a bunch of things still closed because despite avoiding a direct hit there were a number of places without power. I was just lucky to not be one of them.

During the afternoon I did my first ride since my accident, sort of a big deal. I took out my Veteran Patton and rolled around with only a loose idea of where I was going. I didn’t feel fearful of doing so but it did feel weird in a way to be back on an EUC after what had happened. Despite this I enjoyed myself on the ride which I think was reflected in the video I made. One of the changes I vowed to implement was checking my tire pressure before every ride. I was surprised that after doing so on the Patton that I discovered I was actually 10PSI low. It’s a good change.

The rest of my evening consisted of video editing and binge watching Tulsa King, I like the show. Last night I slept poorly as the power was clicking on and off routinely throughout the night. Every time it happens the various tech in my house has a reaction that is nearly impossible to sleep through, at least for me.

I have the second day of my two day work week to get through before the weekend. What this weekend will hold is still pretty much a wildcard.