"I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim 'n now I'm overwhelmed by this decent 'n good feeling." Frida Kahlo
Off-loading shingles onto my roof directly above me….much more mechanized operation t'day than it wuz the last time we had the roof done, lo those many years ago….big truck with a power conveyor belt….two man operation, one on the truck, t'other on the roof… stood 'n watched 'em casually walking the belt as tho' they were strolling thru my driveway…starts about 10 feet 'n rises to more'n 20….there wuz a time, once't upon a time, a long, long time ago when I cud'a catwalked like that…not t'day, howsumever, now I get nervous climbing a ladder to replace a lite bulb…
Speaking of which, I guess it's time to take down the Xmas lites, at least the ones that are gonna be in the way of all the stuff that needs t'be done to make the old homestead habitable once again…thankfully, the tree is safely stowed away for another year…
And that thing about it never raining but it pours…..I wudn't say we were overwhelmed by all the stuff that seemed to happen all at once, the need for a new roof, the trees that needed t'be cut back to accommodate the new roof, the detritus from the trees that needs t'be hauled to the county landfill, not to mention all the dump runs that I'm gonna have t'make to clear away the detritus from the deck that needs t'be torn down 'n replaced, the side porch that Dad 'n I built so many years ago that now needs t'be redone 'n the washer that decided that it wuz a good day t'die….we haven't been overwhelmed but we've quite definitely been whelmed...
"If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably don't lead anywhere."
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