This morning I did a whole Insanity workout, again modified for low impact. It felt really good. I went over to the house and finished wiping the chalk marks off the vaulted cedar ceilings. Then I put knobs on the double doors to the flex room, the last remaining knobs to be done. After that I met up with Kent at the storage unit and we loaded the French doors onto my trailer. Then we got the door panels at the cottage and took it all to his house. I probably stayed there another couple of hours chatting and getting a tour of the homestead. He gave me some vegetables to take home. I didn’t do much else this afternoon besides some reading and a visit to chat with Eric at the Goat Market. I’ll probably be too lazy to photograph this evening.
An odd, but kind of good day.
I wasn’t too motivated to get going this morning since there wasn’t really anywhere to go to without a car. So I did part of an Insanity workout, modified for low impact, and spent most of the morning reading various things. I tried to take an early afternoon nap but was unsuccessful. I went next door to Debbie’s and chatted with her for a while. The car repair folks messaged that my car was ready, and Randy took me to get it. He had stopped in and was talking with me and Debbie. Upon returning I spent some more time at the store, until I went to Piggly Wiggly for some dinner items. I wanted to finish watching the Fast and Furious movie this evening, but my rental had expired. So I’m just relaxing now.
Roller coaster day.
My dad and I met the surveyor at the new property this morning, and that went really well. Afterwards I did more clearing and I think decided upon where the house will go, dependent upon soil tests. Once again it was a lot of fun. You just can’t beat working with a tractor and chainsaw. The mild weather sure helped too. I took a late lunch and then went down to the lumberyard in Winchester to get a quote. He said that prices were so volatile right now that they were only giving quotes about a week out. So I drove back up the Mountain and drove by my house to see if the plumber was there. He was not. When I went to turn around my car, disaster struck. There was a horrible noise and then it wouldn’t go. Fortunately no cars were coming and I was able to push it off the road. I called the auto service place where I’ve gotten a couple of oil changes before, and they came and hauled it in. On the bright side he said it looks like an axle issue and he went ahead and ordered the part. It should be done by tomorrow afternoon. The mechanic, Joe, drove me to the Goat Market where I hung out and chatted with Eric until it had cooled down enough for me to walk back to the cottage. It was still pretty warm, but the walk was mostly enjoyable. Now I’m just chilling.
More tractor time.
I didn’t get a very early start today, but I did make it to the new property and did a lot more clearing. I was able to uproot some stumps as well. The saturated ground probably helped make that easier. It was a lot of fun to be chainsawing and running the tractor. It wasn’t too hot and I was in the shade most of the time. No rain this afternoon, but I didn’t work much after lunch. Late afternoon I went to the Goat market and talked with Eric for a while. After that I started watching the latest Fast and Furious movie on my phone. I had downloaded it a few days ago when Google Play had rentals on sale, and I used some of my survey credit. As it turned dark I drove to campus, stopping at Green’s View before parking at Lake Cheston. I talked on the phone for a while with Liz.
Back on track.
After another workout video and breakfast I headed to the house with visions of repairing the tractor. That didn’t go exactly as planned. First I needed to go to the supply store for another wrench. I took the hose off and discovered that my replacement didn’t fit. So I drove down to the Kubota dealer in Hillsboro and they made me one. Installing it was pretty simple and I also added two gallons of hydraulic oil to replace what leaked out. Then I got to work. First I moved the logs I had already cut to the back of the property. Then I cut up more of the big black oak and some of the trees that it had fallen on. The forks on the tractor came in handy for hauling the branches, but a grapple sure would be nice. I mostly piled up the wood, but did set some logs aside to cut up for firewood later. I was able to uproot and completely remove a couple of stumps from trees that had been knocked over. All in all it was a lot of fun. Around 2:45 it started to rain, so I left. It turned into a torrential downpour that lasted a couple of hours. So I just relaxed for a while and didn’t really do much for the rest of the day.
