Well folks, as the title says, it's been a tough week here at Rancho Juvat. Lots of balls in the air and lots of interference with keeping them their there (for Joe) by folks who should know better.
The last two weeks have been Spring Break for most Texas schools. That causes "The Burg" to get lots of tourists (and by lots, I mean lots and lots and lots, it can take ten minutes to cross Main Street in a vehicle. *)
But, it also means that money is coming into the town, which is a good thing. In our little neck of the woods, our two B and B's were reserved the entire period. Which is nice to see in the checking account balance.
However, just because this seems to be a small little town, it doesn't mean the rules of our society don't still apply. Jaywalking being one of them. Check out and Check in times are another. As I mentioned , our BnB's were reserved the entire period, with someone checking in about 4 hours after the prior guest checked out. The turn around requires some fairly precise timing and preparation. We had two incidents where without warning the prior guest was two hours late in leaving. Our cleaning crew got there on time and had to wait til the guests left.
Folks, they have other additional places to reset on their schedule. The world doesn't rotate around your anus. Play by the rules.
Did you know that not only do you get to rate a given BnB, but the BnB owners get to rate you? That data is available on both AirBnB and VRBO owner websites. Suffice it to say, those folks didn't get a good review. Those reviews might change places available to stay by you in the future. You're not the only person in the world, do better!
Ok, got that off my chest. I feel much better now.
On to other topics.
As some of you may remember LJW asked me to construct a Pikler Triangle for LJD a week or two ago. I have made some progress on that project. Not complete mind you, but getting there.
First step was to get all my fecal matter together.
Then temporarily put the pieces together so they'd have the same shape after sawing and sanding.
Got the holes for the crosspieces (steps) drilled. Hardest part was getting the Drill Press set up for the precise depth to drill. Went through quite a few scrap pieces of 2 x 4 before getting it right.
Because I didn't want accidentally get different color paint transferred from one to another connected (it's going to be Maroon and White, all my offspring, their spouses and almost certainly their kids did or will attend Texas A&M-Whoop!.), so I painted the parts separately.
That's about where I ran out of time. But, I am ready for final assembly however.
Thankfully, the ultimate recipient does seem rather enthused.
Hey! Being cool is not a part time job!
On the other major item in my life, we had a bit of a scare yesterday. Mrs. J woke up saying her hand hurt really bad. We took a look and it was badly swollen. She had just completed her last round of Chemo infusion (she still has two weeks of chemo pills) this past week. She thought it was because she'd slept on it wrong. Not being a Doctor nor having played one on TV, and not knowing if it was or was not cancer related, I convinced her to visit the ER. So off we go.
The staff was very supportive and knew their jobs, it took a couple of hours, but none of the tests came back cancer related (Thank You Lord!). They gave her some anti-inflammatory and pain killer prescriptions which we filled and headed home.
For some reason, she took a long nap this afternoon.
I sincerely hope next week isn't quite as rocky as this one was. I don't have enough hair to let any of it go gray!
Peace out, y'all.
* Main Street is part of US87/US290, both are important trucking routes. Jaywalking is not encouraged as the trucks have places to be and can't really stop on a dime. Just sayin'