{"id":13544,"date":"2020-12-16T09:33:06","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T16:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/?p=13544"},"modified":"2020-12-20T11:41:38","modified_gmt":"2020-12-20T18:41:38","slug":"dec-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/2020\/12\/16\/dec-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Dec 16 Perfect Storm"},"content":{"rendered":"

God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reggie White<\/strong><\/p>\n

I didn’t sleep most of the night. I was on a caffeine high without the caffeine.<\/p>\n

I got up at 8 AM fed the cats made hot water for coffee. I had hoped the headache I was experiencing was just a coffee craving.<\/p>\n

I checked the weather, looks like the big snow starts tonight. It will continue until Sunday. I have a few loads of wood out by the pile I will try to bring those closer to the house. That means less to shovel to get wood inside. I can split closer to the house to get me through the deep snow that was on its way.<\/p>\n

My new generator has not arrived. I read about a couple of things I can try to get my old one running again.\u00a0 If i was trying again to fix it would need to be today. Tomorrow ugly cold was coming.<\/p>\n

I would either have to shovel 150 feet of the driveway by hand or get a generator running. The Canada Post website says today is the delivery standard for my new gen, but says it will not arrive till Monday. The Amazon website says it will arrive Friday after the big storm.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I went out to become what I am, a beast of burden. First I stacked the logs just in case. Then I moved three loads down the driveway, only four inches of snow now more than 12 inches tomorrow. I unloaded those in front of my February wood, blocks I had hoped not to touch until then.<\/p>\n

Hurtin’, tired out, hungry and sweaty. I came in for a rest. I still needed to split wood for the night. I will do that later. Will I get to generator repair? Not likely how I\u00a0 am feeling at this moment.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Yea I had to move the last few logs. Why? The wheelbarrow is empty of course. Now all the blocks (of wood) are closer to the house. Splitting still not done but needs to be. WHY? THE WHEELBARROW IS EMPTY OF COURSE.<\/p>\n

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It’s 1 PM. I am cooking some raw cashews in a frying pan on the woodstove. I tried eating them right out of the bag. It was like eating green plums.\u00a0 Came out faster than they went in.
\nI added a spice packet from a hell noodle pack. (Mi Goreng)I hope they will make a good snack for nighttime.
\nNext in the frying pan some dehydrated shoestring potatoes soaked in water to rehydrate then into hot oil. That would be breakfast.<\/p>\n

Really I was stalling I don’t want to chop wood. As always I will because it needs doing.<\/p>\n

4PM
\nWood has been split snowstorm has started. Even the government has released a heavy snowfall warning. They are as effective as my solar panels. When there is white stuff on the panels it’s snowing. I didn’t work on the gen today maybe tomorrow. Right now dealing with the headache it is back.<\/p>\n

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\n8:30 PM Iam experiecing another occular migraine. They seem to be happening more often. I mention it here so I can kp track,<\/p>\n