Last week was rough -some weeks things just keep piling up till you think there's no good end in sight but of course it DOES get better!! Glenn and I were scheduled to take off for a 4 day fishing trip up to Wyoming but that didn't happen..............
Our #1 guy Charles, had gotten hurt 2 weeks ago and had surgery a week ago - he tore a tendon in his bicep - ouch - but the surgery went fine and he is home recuperating - which meant a work comp claim and lots of paperwork! And the bad news is he can't do any lifting with that arm for the next 3 months - yikes - pretty tough when you do granite for your job!! In the meantime we had hired another full time guy to take his place which is good, but of course we want Charles back as soon as possible. But without him, there was no way we could leave the business for a couple of days.............
Then on Thursday Glenn's car broke down in Colorado Springs, right as he was getting on the interstate - luckily a friend helped tow it to his business and Friday we had it towed up here for Glenn to work on...............whenever he finds time...............
But we decided to go ahead and go camping and ATVing locally, just to get away from the business for a while!! Unfortunately we didn't even get out of work till 6:00pm Friday evening but we raced home and finished packing up, got in the truck and guess what - it wouldn't start!! Oh gosh, was this lousy week EVER going to end???? Glenn fiddled around with it for a while and finally got it started - but since we were only going about 15 miles away, I decided I would drive the car too, just in case!!
First we headed to the gas station to fill up the ATV and the gas cans - Glenn was carrying the full gas can back to the trailer and set it down - but there was no cap on it and it splashed fuel all over my sweat pants...........boy did I smell driving to the camping spot!!
But we FINALLY got there, unpacked and set up and ate our dinner (luckily I had bought a rotisserie chicken and salad ahead of time) at 8:00pm that night - Glenn was so tired he headed to bed at 8:30! I slept like a log too and we woke up to a chilly morning!!
We bundled up good, packed our picnic and headed out on the ATV - it was kind of strange, not having anything in full bloom yet so all the trees were still bare but of course there were lots of pine trees around! We rode around and I must say, my new sunglasses were AWESOME!!! After our picnic, we did head back to the camper because it looked like it was going to rain!! That was fine with me as I huddled under a blanket and read and read and read.................
Having a campfire that night was great, even though it did start to rain and got pretty windy - but at least we got to have ONE because more than likely, the ban will go on this weekend and stay on throughout the summer!!
It was cold reading that night - and it was SUPER cold when we woke up - the furnace ran and ran but after breakfast, we decided to bundle up and try to ATV - we lasted about an hour - and were both so cold that decided it was best to just pack up and head home to the endless list of things to do around the house..............
At least we got away - we tried out the camper and nothing was too broke this year - ha ha - and I only forgot one thing!! That's a great start to the camping season!!! And yes, I KNOW this week will be better!!
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I hate weeks like that. We have been living without a living room/dining room as we have been repairing and painting and preparing for the floors to be redone while we are gone. And then to top if off, the refrig died on Friday! No fun! But you did get out!
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