6:44 a.m. - Yesterday was supposed to be productive. It wasn't. I thought I would get out early before the heat and mow the swamp. When I was the farthest away from the house that I could possibly get, the steering went out on the tractor mower. That started a journey for the day. The first step was to get the tractor under the shade tree by the shed, so I wouldn't boil trying to figure out the problem. Before that, though, I need to get the HHR down to Slayden's for a check-up. There's a shake in the front end, and the exhaust sounds bad...probably a hole somewhere in a tailpipe or muffler. (I'm hoping the shake is something simple like a wheel out of balance.) So I packed in my bicycle, drove to Slayden's, and rode my bike back home to attempt to figure out the tractor. As is usually the case, I feared the worst. After pushing the tractor back to the shed, and removing and lugging the mower deck back to the shed with use of a dolly, I commenced the effort of looking at the problem and going to the computer to youtube and research the situation. I also was helped by the services of Jack, who had arrived with Rhonda to use the pool. The final diagnosis was that a clip had broken...a stinking $5.00 part that basically holds the steering column together. So I ordered two of them, had them two day shipped for an additional $10, and they are supposed to arrive tomorrow sometime. I don't know if that will be in time to get the yard mowed or not. After all of that, it was afternoon, the Harrison grandchildren had been here, so I just got in the pool After that, we went to Rudy's for tacos and called it a night. That was a long day of getting absolutely nothing done off of the list.
I need to get some things done today.
Things to do
- visit mom and dad
- pack suitcase
- mow the yard
- wack the weeds
- clean the pool
- pay beginning of month bills before leaving for Mexico
- Springfield trip - Double J https://doublejcampground.com/ -$62.00 per day
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