Musings from “Life Is a Road” author–Daniel Meyer
Archive for February, 2008
I’ll huff and I’ll puff….
Feb 29th
Seems there’s a little bit of urban renewal going on in east Texas. Mom and Mike’s place had a little storm Monday night.
Phoom! There goes the greenhouse!
Fortunately there’s no other damage. Now, if only it had blown further away (like, off the property)…
CUAgain,
Daniel Meyer
The cat will rue the day…
Feb 27th
The cat will rue the day they made this thing!
(and don’t worry about the cat…Casper, the 22-pound Maine Coon can give as good as he gets and loves to play)
CUAgain,
Daniel Meyer
Oh, ugh. THAT time again.
Feb 26th
Ya know…this is about the time a rational man would look a good, hard look at the book business and just plain give it up.
(book earnings are treated extremely unfairly in the tax racket)
Good thing I’ve never particularly desired to be known as a rational man I guess…
Ah well. It’s a dream. I’ll follow it to where it leads.
CUAgain,
Daniel Meyer
Life’s better when the drain works…
Feb 24th
Plumbing today…a good friend’s Dad’s house…the friend asked for help. Something about a missing floor. He’s a good friend. I didn’t pay much attention after the, “I could use some help…”
Showed up, saw the pile of old, broken, rotten lumber and the old vanity on the porch, along with the toilet. Even here in Texas, the front porch is not the normal abode for a toilet.
Hiked my thumbs in my belt, nodded at the pile and said, “Well, there’s your problem!”
Gad. Arrived to a completely torn out bathroom. Pier and beam house. Step into the bathroom and down into the mud under the house. It’s not often that I track mud out of a house…
Ugh. What a mess. Completely redid the main/toilet drain…and all the other drains from the rest of the house connect up there. Old stuff. Every time you touch something, something else comes apart. Replaced several stubs for the fresh water…some copper/soldering, some PVC…all new cut-off valves.
Three layers of plywood, another basesheet for the tile that’s going down. New vanity/sink (not in yet, tile’s first). LOTS of work. Fortunately (or maybe not!) I primarily dealt with just the plumbing.
Floors and tile complete, we set the toilet late last night. They are still going to redo the ceilings and some other stuff, but life is ever so much better with a working toilet.
Phew. Tired. Hate plumbing…heh…but it needed doin’!
CUAgain,
Daniel Meyer
Ugh…
Feb 22nd
Plumbing tomorrow. Something about a missing floor.
Y’all have a great weekend!
CUAgain,
Daniel Meyer
Open the throttle and roll!
Feb 18th
A pretty good music video! Love the song!
CUAgain,
Daniel Meyer
Hmmm What?
Feb 14th
A special day, you say? I should get my sweetie some sweets?
Heh…yeah okay. Flowers are on the way. Movie and dinner plans.
Life’s short. Y’all love somebody today.
CUAgain,
Daniel Meyer
Grinning…
Feb 13th
I’m in a great mood today.
Spirit’s lifted, cares swept away…
Why? Well, in no particular order (an “order” would be irrelevant as the factors all address a different side of my being).
–Mom’s feeling better. She’s a tough lady…that one. I’d say something about tough old birds but she’d kick my butt clean into next week.
–Today I heard from a friend I’d feared was lost…it’s difficult to express just what that means.
–The commute home was 30 minutes of absolutely glorious speeds, epic battles between errant cars, and a high-speed dance that taxed all my skills to their very limit…to my very core. Fresh air, sunshine, blood, bone, and steel.
Heh…basically…nobody died AND I can use the bike again.
–At work the miscommunications and departmental divisions (and accompanying mis-aligned agendas) today reached so far beyond “ludicrous” that I can’t even begin to imagine a term for it. This has “released” me actually…the situation has now ceased to be a worry and irritation to me and instead has become…entertainment. It would make killer reality tv! See, when the entire city’s on fire…at some point I realized there’s just nothing I can do…and facinated, I can’t help but watch the spectacle.
I’d guess my pointing at certain folks and uttering “Ooooooo….” or “Ahhhhhh….” (imagine crowd noises at a fireworks show) and then laughing will cause some interesting speculation over the next few weeks.
Y’all be safe. I hear winter’s coming in for a couple days…I think I may need to get some riding in tonight. I’ve got to work in the morning…but maybe my route will be via Louisiana…and perhaps the Texas coast.
CUAgain,
Daniel Meyer
Mom update
Feb 9th
They took out her gallbladder. Surgery went well (laparoscopic so the recovery time should be short).
She’ll have to change the way she eats, but should recover fully.
On my way down to see her in an hour or so.
Y’all be safe!
CUAgain,
Daniel Meyer