Monday, April 6, 2020 – More Work

Hey Babe,
A great night sleep last night, Lola slept through the night, and so did I! Another day of cleaning, today it was more furniture and the Cub Cadet lawnmower. I washed it down and then tried to put the belt back on. You remember it came off just as I was pulling in into the garage last year, and I haven't had time to look at it since. Seems I have to take a cover off to get to it, and I didn't have the tools, so I left that for tomorrow. I did get all the furniture squared away, took pictures of everything so I can get it listed on Marketplace, and I've asked brother Jeff whether he's going to make it up here or not, and to let me know within the next 24 hours so I can make some decisions about selling stuff, especially the MGB. I guess the best thing to do is have a Moving Sale this weekend, but with all these "stay at home" orders, I'm not sure I'll have any takers. Maybe an online auction instead, I'm not sure. Anyway, as far as I know we're still on track to close on the 17th, fingers crossed, though I'm having to prod the realtor about almost everything, so I'm not sure exactly where we are on it, if there's any problems or not. I worked for about 4 hours, then came back to camp. I let the horses out, putting Apollo on a double anchor like I did yesterday, then I decided to see how Lola behaved on the water. There's a small pond here with a communal paddle boat, so I look her out on that, and she was just fine. She wasn't quite sure what to make of it at first, but she settled down, even if she didn't get the point. We weren't out too long, and when we got back to shore I decided to check on the horses and found they had disappeared. As I was searching the property I got a call from the owner, Wayne, saying they'd wandered up the road, and a girl found them and put them in a barn next door, thinking that's where they belonged, which explains why Apollo didn't come when I called him. Anyway, I got them back safe and sound and tied his anchor around a post so he couldn't get too far, and of course, Flash stayed nearby as he always does. I did some computer work until dusk, then put them away in their paddock and got on with my evening. I started a new series about the building of the Titanic, though it seems to be more about the labor unions trying to organize than the actually work being done. And of course, the mandatory love stories, etc. that are formula with this kind of series. Derek Jacoby is playing the owner of the shipyard, and, oddly, Chris Noth is cast as JP Morgan, who evidently financed the building of the Titanic. He's his usual flat self, sorry to say. I was hoping that surrounded by quality British actors his game might have improved, but no such luck. Anyway, time to walk Lola, though tonight I think I'll go with her as I hear a lot of coyotes or a pack of dogs or something yowling outside in the distance, and I don't want to take any chances. Then it'll be shower and bed, as usual! Good night, my love!

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