When It Rains It Pours, September 30, 2018 blog entry

I covered the front desk for 2.5 hours on Tuesday, September 18, 2018. We also decided to join the YouTubeTV family that day.

These stinkin dogs won't leave the pumkins alone. Every morning, they are scattered about the yard.

Several of us met up at a new restaurant for lunch on Wednesday, September 19, 2018. The Steel Coop.

The food was great. I plan to go back for dinner some night, but not tonight, because we have a dunk tank delivery this evening and church.

I had an doctor appointment on Thursday, September 20 to review my blood work. I took the rest of the day to rummage through the boxes of moms stuff and organize it some more. I will be the first to admit, that I have an OCD issue with stuff not being organized. It is driving me crazy that stuff is thrown in totes and boxes.
They got the new siding put on  the house today.

I also got the new lettering up in the shop.

Thursday evening, we went to Monterey to watch Paradise on the Homecoming Court. It was way too hot to be watching football.  There is no sign of the weather feeling like fall anytime soon.

On Friday, September 21, 2018, Georgi and I headed out around 3 pm to be one of the first shoppers at Sweet Oneida's Barn Sale. I found several goodies and Christmas gifts.

We also had more dirt delivered and spread by the driveway to keep water from running in our yard.
It is the official last night of summer 2018. We spent some time outside to absorb the warm summer night air.

Saturday, September 22nd was a very busy day. We had 11 units out. Luckily everything was in Cookeville, Algood, or a customer pick up and return, because by the end of the day, it was pouring the rain.☂
The rain didn't let up for Sunday either. It poured all day long.☂ ☂It was a great day to relax and watch TV.

Monday, September 24, 2018...more of the same...Rain Rain Rain☂☂☂
Brookelynn went for an eye exam

which ripped Maleigha's heart out.

Tuesday, September 25, 2018 still raining☂☂☂☂ I stayed home all day because we had painters in the house.  The new dirt that we had brought in is making a mess.

Wednesday, September 26, 2018 Day 5 of consistent rain.☂☂☂☂☂ We had the final coat of paint put on and then I was out of the house by 1pm.

Thursday, September 27, 2018: Everything is like a swamp. Day 6 of rain☂☂☂☂☂☂
Finally...the weather cleared in time for Friday, September 28, 2018. It was a beautiful day ☀
Saturday, September 29, 2018 was more of the same sunshine and beautiful☀. Thank goodness because we had deliveries all over Cookeville. After we got everything delivered, Georgi and I went to the Northfield Vineyards Fall Craft Festival.

We ended September with a Cookeville and Livingston Rental on Sunday, September 30, 2018
I also got some grocery shopping done.

September Showers

I got up early on Saturday and went for a morning walk.

Heather and I loaded up and headed to fall creek falls on Saturday, September 8, 2018. It was the weekend of the Mountaineer Festival.  We trotted all over that event, and thank goodness my back had stopped hurting.

We had water units going out on Sunday, September 9, 2018. Can't believe it's still water-slide weather in mid September.  We delivered after church even though they were calling for rain. ☂  Sure enough heavy rain showers were on and off all evening.
We had a parent meeting for Juniors at the high school on Monday, September 10, 2018. Thank goodness it went fast. Those teachers didn't want to be there no longer than they had to. Stroker left that meeting and went straight to church for the building committee meeting.
I went by dads to visit on Tuesday, September 11, 2018. On our way, we passed Tiffany who was unloading furniture. We stopped to check in on her and then headed on over to daddy's.
I was supposed to have blood work Wednesday morning, but forgot about it until I had already consumed a small hash brown and half of a iced mocha. I had to call the office and reschedule for the next day. The rest of Wednesday went as usual. Church and Cracker Barrell...oh and a pedicure

So, I went for bloodwork on Thursday, September 13 and she missed my vein on the first arm.😧
Luckily, she got it on the second arm😓   I took the entire day to work on moms stuff that was all boxed up. I tried to organize, wash, clean and fold curtains, linens and other fabric.  While I was home all day, I even cooked dinner. I would make a great housewife. 😂
On Friday, September 14, 2018 I had lunch with Diana and Susan at Zaxby's. Strokers birthday cake was delivered and we celebrated with 7 of our friends at dinner.

There was plenty of cake and plenty left over. I brought the remainder of the cake back home, but dropped it on the patio😨 Can you believe that?😒
Saturday was an easy day. Everything was within 5 miles of us. Easy Peasey.  I even took a nap on Saturday. 💤
We were awakened by the yipping dogs around 4am Sunday morning. When I finally got up, I realized they had cornered a opossum. Stroker got out of bed and decided to help the dogs out so he attacked it from behind while the dogs attacked from the front.  That poor opossum. I went inside...I could not watch.🙈  When it was all over, he just through it over the fence. Now...guess who's gonna be smelling that for the next week?🙊
Sunday, September 16, 2018 was set to be a super busy day, but the rain showers set in and we had a few cancellations. ☂ It was Strokers birthday, so it worked out that he didn't have work so hard on his birthday.
We visited Ila (Judy's mom) on Monday, September 17.  Then we went to O'Charley's and met up with my brother in law for dinner.

Closure

Our farthest delivery on Saturday, September 1, 2018 was Monterey. So, we made all our drop offs and got back home in time for me to clean two bathrooms, sweep the house, strip the beds and wash the sheets. That is a pretty productive Saturday (if you ask me).

We had Rib City for lunch after church on Sunday, September 2nd. I took part of the day to go to moms and get her bedroom completely cleaned out.

 In the evening, we attended the church Labor Day Pic-nic.

On Monday (Labor Day), September 3, 2018, I got up, got ready, and headed to moms. I am on a mission.  I loaded up the clothes that were left in the closets to take them to donate. I boxed up dishes that were left in the cabinets and random stuff that no one was offering to take.

 Dad called around 11am and asked if I wanted to meet them at KFC for lunch, so I did.

My mother in law had invited us over, but turns out that they were frying fish for their Labor Day cookout. I don't like catfish 😝
I ended up cooking a hamburger on the stove. Stroker said that it was his day off and he wasn't gonna do anything all day. Or in his words "I aint gonna hit a lick all day"
I dropped off the last of moms clothes on Tuesday, September 4, 2018.  I went back to moms and hauled off everything that we deemed "trash". We stopped for dinner at Jack's Top BBQ while we were out.

We switched it up on Wednesday, September 5, 2018.  Instead of Cracker Barrel after church, we had dinner at O'Charley's.
We found a taker for moms couch and entertainment center on Thusday, September 6, 2018.

Turns out Georgi knows an elderly couple who's home burnt last week. They lost everything in the fire. Georgi asked me if the Help Center gave away furniture.  I said "no, they don't...but I do".  We went to moms, loaded up the couch, lamps, curtains, a couple of dishes, coffee cups, entertainment center and tv. We dropped it all off at Georgi's garage because the elderly couple didn't have the keys yet on their new place to rent.
We again ate dinner at Jack's Top BBQ because Brooke wanted meatloaf.
We delivered the dunk tank Friday, September 7 for a half day event.

We picked it up at lunch and I took the rest of the day finalize emptying moms house. It seems so vacant now. Like its no longer a home, just a big empty box. Walking in the door feels so hollow. I used to walk in the door looking for mom because all of her things were in there place. Now the walls are blank, the rooms are bare and nothing feels the same.
I'm glad we have this task completed. It has been weighing on me for a year and a half now.
It is good to have closure, but it is hard to let go.