Thursday, June 14th, 2018…… Maui Update – Less than a week to go! This
time next week we’ll be waking up and living beach time. Look forward to
enjoying those beautiful Hawaiian sunsets! Meanwhile, back in the states – we
got up early again. The cement pour is scheduled for 8:30am but I couldn’t
sleep. I was up and showered and out and ready to move the motorhome out to the
street. I went out and got the satellite dish down and unplugged and put the
coach out on the street. I did go and get breakfast and Lydia’s chai latte.
When I got back the cement team was there. They backed their truck onto my back
lawn and since it rained it was so soggy they buried a wheel in the grass! No
worries, they just moved over to the compacted gravel pad that was done
yesterday! The surface was compacted and it was solid but after they left, Tim
went back over it with his compactor. This cement pour was pretty simple and
went fast. They didn’t need a pumper since everything was close up for the dump
chute on the truck.
They were done
and gone by noon. Lydia and I took Rylee to her vet appointment this morning.
She got her last round of puppy shots and a clean bill of health. Dr. Hiett
said we could cut back her amount of food a bit though. We brought her back
home and Lydia took off to get her hair cut and I left a bit later too and took
the tractor tire and wheel in and got a new tube put in (it was worth the
$19.!). I got it back on so it’s ready
for whenever we decide to mow. So, later, after everyone left for the day, I
decided to bring the rv back in, but this time I would park it on the new pad.
I backed in and then headed in to the space.
I got parked with no problem but Lydia said I made a deep path with the
tires on my way in. Boy, did I!
I left it there
and opened the slides and hooked up the power and the dish but I will show Tim
tomorrow to see what we can do to fix this.
Maybe we need a larger compactor. My sister is coming over tomorrow to
help me finish up the weeding in the blueberry cage. I think I had a problem
out there weeding. I have always been allergic to grass and weeds and I now
have a serious rash on my wrist. I think it came from the first time I was out
there. It’s been a week and it’s still really red and broken out and bumpy and
it itches like crazy. I have been
putting nyacin cream and hydrocortisone cream on it but it’s not getting
better. Lydia said it looks worse so I decided to head over to urgent care this
evening to have it looked at. I got
there and found they are not open 24 hours and I had just missed them. I think
I’ll go back tomorrow morning. I want some kind of treatment started so it gets
better before the trip. We finished up the night very quietly. Rylee always
gets a little lethargic after her shots so she settled down pretty early and we
got to relax a bit.
Friday, June 15th, 2018…… We
had a nice night sIeeping. Rylee got a lot of sleep yesterday and was awake and
ready to go about 5:15am so I took her out to potty and fed her but we went
back to bed for a while before getting up for the day. I ate breakfast and waited until the urgent
care opened and went there. Wow, was it ever easy! I was fifth in line and got signed
in and seated and in about 5 minutes I got called in. I met the staff
physician, Dr. Tim Hindmarsh, who, turns out, his brother, Dr. Rick Hindmarsh,
is my across-the-street neighbor. He looked at my wrist and thinks it was either
a plant allergy (like I thought) or possibly resulted from rough housing with
Rylee, who scratched me with her dirty paws (which probably came from the grass
or flower beds). I got a prescription for Triamcinolone Acetonide Cream, which he
said should clear it up pretty quickly. That done, I headed back home and by
the time I got back, my sister had finished weeding the blueberry cage. Thanks,
Sis! I then asked Tim about the gravel
pad. He told me they needed to pack the gravel some more so I will move the rig
back out and let them do that but not for a few days. They got started on the
painting today. They color matched the
walls, trim, and accent pieces on the house and shop and went and got the
paint. They then got started taping the windows. Dana told me about the 20+ yr.
old airless paint sprayer Tim got from his parents and the great job it does on
these jobs. Tim used it for about 25 minutes before it started smelling and
burned up and then stopped. So, now he will always be reminded that it was my job
where he had to retire his old sprayer! They got all of the walls done today
and some of the trim. Dana has to work at an archery event tomorrow but Tim
will come and finish the job. The garage door gets installed on Monday and the
rain gutters get installed on Tuesday. There are a few areas where Tim will
need to work on but that should be a wrap. What prefect timing because we leave
on Wednesday! Lydia worked on putting
her outfits together so she can start packing. I think she’s happy with what
she’s done and actually got most of it in the suitcase. We (she) decided that
we were going out to dinner tonight. We
chose burgers at the Bigfoot Diner but when we got there they were setting up
for an outdoor rock band and it was chaos.
So, we finally came up with the idea to go try the 1847 Bar & Grill,
which is located in the Best Western Premier Hotel and Suites in town. We heard it was the best and we liked
everything we had so we will definitely put it on our list for future places to
dine. The weather here tomorrow is supposed to be warming up. They are even
predicting temps in the 90s by next week. Summer’s definitely coming! Problem
is our yard is still soggy from the really hard rains we got the beginning of
the week. But I think I can still mow
the lawn so that is on the plans for tomorrow.
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