We had another day and evening of rain, followed by about an hour of thunderstorms. You know what that means - MUD!
Let me paint a picture for you. There are main roads, sidewalks in the main areas of the palace, however, in the living area, they are on the opposite side of the living area and would add about an extra 15-20 minutes to the morning walk to work. The only thing that separates my living area and a road is a large 15 foot deep ditch/drain. So for me to get to that road, I must walk through about 60 yards of mud. Slipping and sliding and some of you know that I am clumsy and trip over my own feet. This is a daily challenge. It sounds funny that I am complaining about mud, but it is not like the mud that you experience in the states. The soil composition here is completely different. As you walk, the mud will accumulate on the bottom of your boots with each and every step. Before you know it, you have grown about 3-4 inches. I thought to myself, I will just use the curb to wipe some of the mud off. This helps, but most of the mud stays in the tread of the boots and then tracks mud all through the palace.
Help is on the way!
Thankfully, my father-in-law Gayle Ellis Sr. sent me a boot scraper in the mail. It was a great gift to receive here and many people asked if they could use it.
Wait, that is not all he sent. For those of you that know him, know that he is quite the prankster. When I was opening the box, I had a visitor in the area, COL Rich Cardillo standing by. So, I open the box and pull out a couple of bags of beef jerkey, but underneath was a long black plastic comb. Laughter filled the room as I read the note that was with it. "Maybe you can use this to scratch your head or back" ha ha lol. Well, most of you know that I do not have hair - any. This added to the joke, and yes, everyone enjoyed it.
There was a couple of days where our access to the blogs were blocked. I contacted the helpdesk and provided the CG's blog policy that they said they were not aware of. It was turned back on soon after that.
Dear Scott,
ReplyDeleteWell, we made it through divisionals without any problems...if you call CJ swimming with a 101 temp no problems! that kid is totally amazing and out of control! Wild horses couldn't have stopped him! And as for Margi, your wonderful wife is as always a trooper....I don't think she realized she wasn't feeling too well until she had gotten CJ threw all of his swims...now a few more weeks til champs, then rest for the weary.
miss you! Lisa