Owwwwwww!
Well, if you are following this blog at all, you know that my brother is in a fight against the water, and I'm doing all that I can to help him in that fight.
I helped lay sandbags in Adrian allllllllll day yesterday. I'm glad that I went to help shore up my brother's home, but I'm paying the price for it today. I ache in places I had forgotten! ~L~
We had perhaps 20 people helping to place sandbags - but as the day wore on, and we had to wait for sandbags, those numbers dwindled one by one. That's alright; I understand that it was Good Friday and the start to a long weekend for a lot of people. We were grateful for the help that we did get! We finished up around 7pm last night after raising the level of sandbags on the west, north, and east side of the house. We also layed fresh bags around his garage this time - something we didn't do the first time as we didn't have enough sandbags (which is why he got water in his garage). We did the ole 'chain gang' route and it went fairly smoothly. If someone got tired, they stepped out of the line or did a different task (pallet duty - taking sandbags off the pallet and starting it down the line). After the last bags were placed, celebration time - of sorts! Beer! ~L~
The river had risen 19" from 11pm Thursday to 8am Friday morning. Not good!
I spoke with my brother today and he said that it had risen throughout the night - although he didn't have an exact measurement (he was eyeballing the river rocks that were there yesterday, but were now gone this morning). Nothing to do now but sit and wait. And pray.
I took Blaine to work today. What a treat! He climbs in to my truck and says (with a smile) "Good morning my sunshine!" Now I ask you, how can you be in a bad mood after a statement like that? He warms my heart! He has tomorrow off and I hope that he gets to spend some time with his parents on Easter Sunday - although what type of a holiday dinner they'll have will be interesting, considering the flood fight. Like Terry said, "toaster ovens and pizza makers just get a little boring after a while!" ~L~
Later,
I helped lay sandbags in Adrian allllllllll day yesterday. I'm glad that I went to help shore up my brother's home, but I'm paying the price for it today. I ache in places I had forgotten! ~L~
We had perhaps 20 people helping to place sandbags - but as the day wore on, and we had to wait for sandbags, those numbers dwindled one by one. That's alright; I understand that it was Good Friday and the start to a long weekend for a lot of people. We were grateful for the help that we did get! We finished up around 7pm last night after raising the level of sandbags on the west, north, and east side of the house. We also layed fresh bags around his garage this time - something we didn't do the first time as we didn't have enough sandbags (which is why he got water in his garage). We did the ole 'chain gang' route and it went fairly smoothly. If someone got tired, they stepped out of the line or did a different task (pallet duty - taking sandbags off the pallet and starting it down the line). After the last bags were placed, celebration time - of sorts! Beer! ~L~
The river had risen 19" from 11pm Thursday to 8am Friday morning. Not good!
I spoke with my brother today and he said that it had risen throughout the night - although he didn't have an exact measurement (he was eyeballing the river rocks that were there yesterday, but were now gone this morning). Nothing to do now but sit and wait. And pray.
I took Blaine to work today. What a treat! He climbs in to my truck and says (with a smile) "Good morning my sunshine!" Now I ask you, how can you be in a bad mood after a statement like that? He warms my heart! He has tomorrow off and I hope that he gets to spend some time with his parents on Easter Sunday - although what type of a holiday dinner they'll have will be interesting, considering the flood fight. Like Terry said, "toaster ovens and pizza makers just get a little boring after a while!" ~L~
Later,
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