Ron got in touch with Cal today and confirmed that I am eligible for his spending account – good news.
One of the neighbors came by with $10 for the street sign – more good news.
Trying to work out logistics on petition delivery to the Town Clerks.
After emptying the truck at the transfer station, I did some more yard work.
Cindy stopped by after work to drop off the guitar and stayed for tea. We’d had an early supper.
Watched “Battleship”. Saw “The Letter” last night. Good films!
Thank goodness. We’ve been in such a water deficit that it could rain for a week before we’d catch up.
More leaves have fallen, but not nearly as many as we picked up yesterday.
I had a good follow-on exam with the oral surgeon.
Brought my favorite clock to Just in Time, the East Sandwich clock shop, for new innards. A pleasure to meet proprietor John Hobbs.
Ron called it: it’s pouring rain and has been coming down for over two hours.
I’m so happy that we got the bulk of the yard work done over the last two days.
Put up the winter curtains in the living room and pulled some more paperwork together for the fuel assistance application.
Got a tentative job offer. Nice!
Can’t believe that James and I, with a strong assist from Ron, cleaned up the back and front yards at Edgewater in about 2 1/2 hours.
We didn’t come close to yesterday’s pile, so Ron was able to put both of our machines on the truck for the ride home.
What a great feeling to have that wrapped up. At least for now.
The bad thing is that I lost my beloved sheers. We tried sorting through our pile at the compost yard, but it didn’t seem like they were there. I looked all over the place. Can’t imagine what I did with them, but it breaks my heart to lose them.
Ron and I dug in today starting a little after an early (11) lunch for me and ending around 4:20.
We cut the grass and got the pine needles and leaves off both the front and back yards, plus the town grass along the street.
Ron also cut down the Montauks and a bunch of other gone-bys along the fence with his Stihl trimmer. Everything is pretty much tidied up. We will certainly have more leaves and maybe some odds and ends to do, but we are much further ahead than I figured we’d be after only one afternoon of work.
Got some pix of Bakers’ gorgeous Japanese maple.
Felt pretty good when I woke up this morning. Swelling has gone down to the point that the sutures are visible.
Applied for work online at a local landscaping company.
Ron and I enjoyed the Wepecket concert at the Wamsutta Club. Learned some new urban slang: “bad motherfoyer”. Bought a CD and a couple of bumper stickers.
Had a tough night, as much due to reaction to painkillers as to the surgery itself.
I was up every 3 hours or so. Had difficulty passing urine. Face has been swollen all day.
Finally got back to sleep and felt better, but still lightheaded and nauseous. Had hot sweats when I walked from the bedroom to the bathroom, what, four feet?
Ron was a good attendant, brought ice packs and water, made coffee. Later on he gave me a bowl of oatmeal to help settle my stomach.
This afternoon, I was well enough to walk outside and get the mail and a couple of Halloween decorations.
Ron did laundry. I was able to fold and put away mine.
Warm outside today, rained a little last night and this morning.
Halloween was disappointing, only 52 kids, probably because of the rain.
Oral surgery went well this morning. Ron and I stopped at Town Hall so he could drop off the checks for Q2 taxes, then Stop & Shop to give the pharmacy the script for pain med.
Good thing, too. By the time we got home, I was in pretty bad shape.
The pain eventually lessened to the point that I could make myself some pumpkin/squash soup. Went to sleep after that, woke up around 5. Ron had set everything up for trick or treaters.