August 10. Whew! I feel like I’m spinning around in circles. We’ve been going almost non-stop since early this morning. Washed hair and showered and dressed. Had morning drinks, quiet time, and breakfast. Put a load of clothes in the machine to wash. Transferred all the yogurt from the cooler to the outside fridge. Also transferred whatever food was left in the other cooler, and a few items from the house fridge which isn’t working properly. Started right in packing and loading up the car. I think it was around 10:30 before we had a carload and were ready to go pay for our apartment. Then from there to the lodge where we are renting an apartment. When the manager was done with the other customer, we paid for the apartment. Then we unloaded the van. It was just about noon when we got back to the girls’ house. Had our lunch and a nap. Then got busy doing more packing. A little after 2:30, we were loaded up and ready to go again. Stopped first at Hendrick’s to get a fridge for the girls. Had to wait quite a while as the workers were all busy. Finally got the fridge paid for and arrangements made for it to be delivered tomorrow afternoon. Then we went over to the apartment, our new home for a while. Got everything unloaded and put away and then came back to the girls’ house. I thought it must be about 5:00, supper time, but it wasn’t even 4:30 yet. I was hungry, though, so had a bowlful of yogurt, cherries, and pecan pieces. In the evening, we packed up the rest of what we needed, and Daddy got the folding table (that we had bought to send to PNG) and the two office chairs out of the shed and loaded them into the van because there was no table or chairs in the apartment. Christy gave Connie her birthday present that she had ordered for her and that came today in the mail—a nice study Bible with wide margins for writing notes. Then Christy did the dishes, and Daddy went outside to call Amos and talk with him. I was too tired to work at the computer so did a little crocheting. Then we read a chapter in Acts and prayed together. After that, Daddy and I loaded up all our fridge stuff in the cooler and headed to our “new” home. Once there, the cooler had to be unloaded and everything put into the fridge. We also set up the table and unpacked a few things until I got too tired. I was hot and sweaty and needed a shower and a good night’s sleep. August 11. When I went to take my shower last night, what did I discover but the grossest looking shower curtain liner a body has ever seen! I wondered when the last time was that the shower had been cleaned or the curtain replaced. Something would definitely have to be done about that. Today is Daddy’s 72nd birthday. I guess it wasn’t much of a birthday though. It was another day on the run. Right after breakfast and quiet time, and putting away a few things that I didn’t get to last night, we headed out to do our shopping that we weren’t able to do on Thursday. Uh, why won’t the car start? Not a sound when Daddy turned the key. Maybe we’ll have to call Christy and have her come so we can jump start the battery. Then Daddy thought of opening the hood and moving the cables around. Put key in ignition and, praise the Lord, it started right up. The battery is practically new so we couldn’t see why it would have gone bad already. But what was the cause of its temporary failure is unknown to us. We were finally off—to Lidl’s first. Not too busy so we got done rather quickly, but it was early. Then we spent quite a bit of time at WM as we had, besides food, a number of household things to buy—mold removing cleaner for the shower, disinfectant cleaner, dish soap, paper towels, paper napkins, shower curtain liner, vinyl gloves, peroxide, dish drainer, pots and pans, etc. WM WAS busy. Three or four checkout lanes open and all of them with long lines. Even though we had a buggy loaded full of goods, we decided to go for the self-checkout. We are glad we did. Daddy did the checking, and I did the bagging, and it didn’t take long at all. We were thankful for that. Last stop was Aldi. Then on toward home. By the time we got the food put away, it was going on 11:30. Started right in making soup—cream of celery and mushroom soup today, with bulgur wheat added. The pot in the set we bought was too small, but I remembered that our pressure cooker was in one of the suitcases. Perfect! By a little after 12:00 the soup was on cooking. While washing veggies for the soup, however, we discovered another problem—the kitchen sink was backed up. Now what will we do? Thankfully there was a plunger in the house so Daddy tried plunging it. He plunged and plunged but to no avail. He finally went out to Big Lots and Mighty Dollar and bought a box of baking soda and two 2-liter bottles of coke. When he came home with those, I spent quite a bit of time working on the sink, gradually pouring baking soda and coke down the sink until I had used up the whole box of baking soda and 3 litres of coke. But the liquid would only go down after a loooong wait. What’s the next step? Daddy decided to try the plunger again. He was about to quit when I encouraged him to keep trying a little bit longer. And suddenly, lo and behold, a plastic straw was drawn up out of the drain. After that, everything went down, and there was no more backup. Praise the Lord! Some time in between all those goings on, we managed to fit in lunch. I had been on my feet almost the entire morning so I was very happy to finally get settled down for a nap around 1:30. Was enjoying a restful sleep, only to be awakened by Daddy’s phone ringing. Hendrick’s delivery wanted Daddy to know that he would be late. Daddy then called Christy to let her know that their refrigerator delivery would be late. Rested a while longer, but couldn’t go back to sleep so finally got up. The work wasn’t done yet. After nap, the shower needed to be tackled. First, put on a pair of vinyl gloves and remove that super-gross shower curtain liner. Wad it all up, deposit it and then the gloves into the trash bag, tie up the bag, and send Daddy off to the dumpster with it. Next get out the mold removing spray and try to read the directions that are impossible to read without a magnifying glass. Have Daddy read the directions. Tie one of Daddy’s handkerchiefs on for a “face mask.” Put on another pair of vinyl gloves. Spray down the shower from top to bottom and from one end to the other. Remove vinyl gloves and face mask. Sit down for 10 minutes. Ready for step three. Put face mask and rubber gloves back on. Take rag (there happened to be one in Daddy’s suitcase) and start wiping down the walls. What a job! But what a difference! It could use a second time around, but definitely not today. There was still other work to do. The soup needed to be pureed and put into…. Oh, oh! No jars. Maybe I could put it into the jug I usually use for tea. Yes, that will work. There was a little bit of soup that didn’t fit into the jug so I quickly washed and dried the jar I had just emptied at lunch time and put the rest of the soup in it. One more job to do—wash dishes. As I was washing them, Daddy dried a few for me since there isn’t much room around the sink and the drainer only holds so many. So thankful to get that done and then sit down to relax a while. Is it really 5:05 already? Well, I’m going to sit down a while before getting my supper. Spent about an hour trying to get my journal caught up with the events of today and yesterday. Then we got ready to go to the girls’ house. The girls had some stories to tell, too, about their event-filled day; but we’ll leave those stories to them to tell. It was good to be with them for the evening and relax a bit. They gave Daddy a birthday gift—a multi-purpose pocket tool and a cap. Then we played a game together. Gathered up a few other things we need at the apartment and then prayed together before we left.
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