Thursday, May 1, 2025 – Surgery Finally Approved! (Well, Sort Of) Roof Mostly Done

Hiya Sweetie!
Happy Anniversary to me! This is the five anniversary of my personal Independence Day, when I left Tennessee after selling the house and going on the road permanently. Hard to believe it's been that long, but am grateful for all the wonderful things I've seen and done since then! Today was another day of work, work, work. I was up on the roof by 9:00 working on trying to finish off all the sealing. I scraped around the skylight, and found rusty screws, of course, so I had to spend quite a bit of time cleaning off the roof and both sides of the skylight base, but I managed to get it done. I started getting ants a few days ago, and I discovered that one of the places they were getting in was through one of the rust screws on the skylight! Explains why I've seen ants in the shower lately. I also sealed the last little strip on the roof by the attic, and the satellite antenna attachments. I thought that would just about finish it, except for a strip at the very front, but then I discovered another trail of ants coming in at the top of the refrigerator, and realized I still had that and the vent to do. Another day, though, I was exhausted by the time I came down six and a half hours later! Whew! Good news, though, the insurance company has approved a partial knee replacement, so the schedule is still May 7. They didn't approve a full knee replacement, which was merely applied for as a contingency if there was too much damage, but after looking at my MRI, the surgeon feels that the partial will work well enough. Good, I've had experience with those! Of course, by the end of the day my knee was screaming at me, and I'm not supposed to take ibuprofen (only acetaminophen) after tomorrow, but I may take a couple tonight if it hurts too much. I don't have any Tylenol in the house, though I think I may have some seven year old Panadol from New Zealand, which is the same thing. On my grocery list! Finally settled down for the evening, ready for bed! Love you, darlin'! Good night!