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Some Setbacks
Feb. 11th, 2008 10:09 amThe good news is that we made it to Mehama around 3 PM or thereabouts yesterday, a little tired but otherwise okay. The trailer is in one piece. The bad news is the storm damage around the property from the January snowstorm, pictures of which are behind the cut:
( What a Mess )
( Tree fall down, go boom! )
After surveying the storm damage and putting Lisa's little pickup away in the work shop, we went into Salem, had lunch, and bought groceries. We also took stock of all of the parts that Lisa's truck needs: headlights, back-up light, heater core, distributor, and a fuel pump. We bought new headlights; the rest will come later. If Lisa is going to drive this pickup to MARCon at Memorial Day, as she currently plans to do, she needs to do a lot of work on it.
Returning to Mehama, Lisa continued working on getting the trailer fit for habitation again. As she started to take some things from the trailer to the old house (which is mainly used for storage), I heard her cry out in pain. She'd slipped on the trailer steps and lay sprawled in the dirt. I quickly ran out and helped her up. She's twisted her ankle painfully. She limped into the bathroom and cleaned up. Shortly thereafter, at her direction, I retrieved a pair of crutches that are stored in the old house. She was hobbling around last night, and refused my offer to take her to the emergency room, because she says she doesn't think anything is broken. We'll see today how well she recovers.
One of the points of having me up here this week was to get some work done around the property with her, at least to the extent I can do so around my actual job (for which I do have work to do this week). Still, it's not impossible for me to take a few hours out during daylight and get the day job done at night, assuming I don't have meetings or deadlines that conflict. And work I will have -- it's probably just not what we originally planned. And if Lisa's on the Disabled List, then it may be somewhat more challenging, although of course she can still direct traffic while on crutches.
( What a Mess )
( Tree fall down, go boom! )
After surveying the storm damage and putting Lisa's little pickup away in the work shop, we went into Salem, had lunch, and bought groceries. We also took stock of all of the parts that Lisa's truck needs: headlights, back-up light, heater core, distributor, and a fuel pump. We bought new headlights; the rest will come later. If Lisa is going to drive this pickup to MARCon at Memorial Day, as she currently plans to do, she needs to do a lot of work on it.
Returning to Mehama, Lisa continued working on getting the trailer fit for habitation again. As she started to take some things from the trailer to the old house (which is mainly used for storage), I heard her cry out in pain. She'd slipped on the trailer steps and lay sprawled in the dirt. I quickly ran out and helped her up. She's twisted her ankle painfully. She limped into the bathroom and cleaned up. Shortly thereafter, at her direction, I retrieved a pair of crutches that are stored in the old house. She was hobbling around last night, and refused my offer to take her to the emergency room, because she says she doesn't think anything is broken. We'll see today how well she recovers.
One of the points of having me up here this week was to get some work done around the property with her, at least to the extent I can do so around my actual job (for which I do have work to do this week). Still, it's not impossible for me to take a few hours out during daylight and get the day job done at night, assuming I don't have meetings or deadlines that conflict. And work I will have -- it's probably just not what we originally planned. And if Lisa's on the Disabled List, then it may be somewhat more challenging, although of course she can still direct traffic while on crutches.
