We're in the process of filling the pool. We started on it early this morning, we had to do some leveling of the yard first. Bill decided to bury quite a bit of the tree limb debris, and the dirt he took from the hole got rearranged - we used it to level the yard. Then he got the pool out of the shed and we started putting it up. It's been filling for several hours now, and it will take several more. But it will be finished today. It won't be warm enough to swim in yet, but we should be able to swim sometime this week.
Otter was slave labor today. She filled in lots of holes with the excess dirt while I was working on leveling, then she and I got to cut limbs to a small enough size for Bill to bury them. Hot, sweaty work. But now it's done and we don't have to worry about it anymore.
When I posted Thursday night, I mentioned the possibility of bumpy weather. This time, they got it right. It was very bumpy. We were awakened by a thunderstorm about midnight. Actually, I was awakened by the sound of the fan quitting as the power went off. Then the thunder. Then the fun stuff! This time, the fun stuff included that sound that we couldn't identify a few weeks ago. We didn't realize it this time either, until after I'd spent several minutes trying to find the wind-up radios. The first one I found wasn't working, then I finally found one that did work. And that's when Bill realized that the background noise wasn't just the very strong wind! I got Otter out of bed at that point, she went to our safe spot and by then Bill found a radio station that came in well enough so we could get a report. The wall cloud that had been sighted was close, but not right in our area. Which is a good thing, because if there had been a tornado in our area it would probably have taken us out well before we figured it out since we spent so much time trying to find the radios! There is now a wind-up radio with a flashlight on the night stand by the bed. It's going to stay there.
We were without power for a while, and it was nearly impossible to get back to sleep after the excitement. Eventually, the power did come back on but until it did we had to deal with humidity. It wasn't pleasant. I spent most of Friday in a daze, trying to keep myself awake and drinking coffee. Lots of coffee.
We had more rain Friday afternoon, but not anything bad or twisty. It was extremely warm, and I had some difficulty with my asthma after a brief rain shower made very humid. Humidity is a big asthma trigger for me, and it was pretty bad Friday.
Today wasn't too bad, it was warm but it was very windy. The wind caused a few asthma-related difficulties for Otter. She had to come in and get her inhaler at one point. But she bounced back quickly. She is currently sitting by the pool, watching the water level slowly rise. Of course, the water will be too cold to swim in today!
Otter was slave labor today. She filled in lots of holes with the excess dirt while I was working on leveling, then she and I got to cut limbs to a small enough size for Bill to bury them. Hot, sweaty work. But now it's done and we don't have to worry about it anymore.
When I posted Thursday night, I mentioned the possibility of bumpy weather. This time, they got it right. It was very bumpy. We were awakened by a thunderstorm about midnight. Actually, I was awakened by the sound of the fan quitting as the power went off. Then the thunder. Then the fun stuff! This time, the fun stuff included that sound that we couldn't identify a few weeks ago. We didn't realize it this time either, until after I'd spent several minutes trying to find the wind-up radios. The first one I found wasn't working, then I finally found one that did work. And that's when Bill realized that the background noise wasn't just the very strong wind! I got Otter out of bed at that point, she went to our safe spot and by then Bill found a radio station that came in well enough so we could get a report. The wall cloud that had been sighted was close, but not right in our area. Which is a good thing, because if there had been a tornado in our area it would probably have taken us out well before we figured it out since we spent so much time trying to find the radios! There is now a wind-up radio with a flashlight on the night stand by the bed. It's going to stay there.
We were without power for a while, and it was nearly impossible to get back to sleep after the excitement. Eventually, the power did come back on but until it did we had to deal with humidity. It wasn't pleasant. I spent most of Friday in a daze, trying to keep myself awake and drinking coffee. Lots of coffee.
We had more rain Friday afternoon, but not anything bad or twisty. It was extremely warm, and I had some difficulty with my asthma after a brief rain shower made very humid. Humidity is a big asthma trigger for me, and it was pretty bad Friday.
Today wasn't too bad, it was warm but it was very windy. The wind caused a few asthma-related difficulties for Otter. She had to come in and get her inhaler at one point. But she bounced back quickly. She is currently sitting by the pool, watching the water level slowly rise. Of course, the water will be too cold to swim in today!
Tomorrow, I'm going to look into driving schools. The original plan was for us to teach Otter, but there is more work than we have time to deal with right now to be certified to teach her according to the state regulations. Since we would still have to pay out a pretty good amount to teach her ourselves, we've decided after discussing it that we want to enroll her in an actual school. So I'm going to make some calls tomorrow. But with her summer schedule including a week at camp and a week & a half in Texas, she might not actually be able to start until towards the end of the summer.
Congratulations Amy! Graduation is a big deal and we're proud of you. Of course, if you'd picked the RIGHT college... :)
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Glad your safe.
Amy did pick the right college. We are all Aggies and proud of it.
Froggy
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