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The Lake House
lighter:
Thanks, Tupp. I think DD22 and I will finish cleaning the lake house tomorrow afternoon and Sunday. She's very focused and does a good job working proactively....with a smile on her face most of the time. She's feeling caught up at school, thank God.
DD24 will come by this morning....for food, comfort and support for car maintenance and late tag acquisition.....the hurricane has everything out of whack. It's starting to feel like sea sickness of the soul....at least for me. She's struggling hard with online classes and the material is new. She's used to knowing stuff or how to solve it quickly. This is different.
Ahhh...a neighbor caught me on a walk and ended up at my back deck, in tears, his elderly dog wobbling, in need of expensive care.....deeply in debt with a should injury from tossing tree parts into a truck.....out of work .....his elderly father making jokes about who goes first, the dad or the dog. This gentle neighbor... overwhelmed, current circumstances out of his control.....wearing the worry, pain and imminent loss of his lovely dog and father on his face.....spending hours on unreliable Internet, trying to fill out FEMA relief paperwork, without success, bc his identity was stolen 4 years ago..... it's a lot. All at once. While injured and in pain.
I apparently had to write that out...same with the vertigo. Lots of fellow sufferers....I had no idea how many. Running into people, now, the small talk has gone. We're talking about the losses, losses of others.... insurance companies offering so little for lost homes. People still without power and water, so cold. In need of generators, heaters and so much help they can't find words for what they need.
The street I plan to walk baby girl pug on is the next neighborhood over....where the gentle neighbor lives. I was dreading looking into his eyes again. Now....I feel less reactive, more responsive. He needs hugs and a go-fund page.
Lighter
Twoapenny:
I think that's one of the hardest things when such large numbers are affected, Lighter, everyone has a huge weight on their shoulders, no-one has the bandwidth to accommodate it and there's no downtime. Relief's needed in such vast quantities by so many people, everyone becomes overwhelmed. Such a tough situation to deal with. If the neighbour does set up a Go Fund me please let me have the link; I'll put in what I can and hopefully lots of people chipping away at it will get them what they need x
Hopalong:
Lighter, what you could do for him is immeasurable.
Add an ether-squeeze to that hug, please.
hugs to you and all around you,
Hops
lighter:
The lake house is ready for guests....looks beautiful. Fire pits set up. I removed main living room faux fire set so she can bring wood for real fires since it's cooled down.
I identified a dead mouse smell in a closet, but not the mouse. That's problematic, but I'm hoping I mitigated with baking soda and vinegar in quantity. Will see.
I'm starving, but really sore and tired from marathon days of readying house. A few times I didn't think I could do it, but got out by 11pm.....so ready to get out.
There's some rinsed dirty dishes in an armour, dirty laundry in an owner's closet and much to dirt before next group of 16 arrive on Thanksgiving.
Oh.... yesterday my handyman showed up and I worked with him, which threw my schedule off 4 hours. I wanted to have dinner with DD22 and bgpug, but that wasn't to be.
DD22 was up and helped me with trash and coolers at 1am arrival. Bgpug happy to have me back.
Guests arrive this afternoon....I have to warn them about a web and glorious spider on the back porch...... couldn't bring myself to bother her and she's well out of the way.
Lighter
Twoapenny:
Sounds lovely, Lighter, lots of work but all going well, it seems. Hope all guests have a happy time and Mrs Spider continues to enjoy her lovely surrounds lol
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