Well, we survived Helene and Milton. No damage with Helene, relatively minor damage with Milton. We just got internet and cable back today, and until yesterday getting online with my phone was iffy.
I ended up in the ER late Thursday night, because one of our cats bit me while I was trying to get her into her crate to bring her home from evacuating. Fun times. (sarcasm)
A huge cactus from next door landed on the roof of our well shed and destroyed it, the water softener, and snapped the pipe going into my well pump pressure tank. I was able to fix the well tank but was having issues with bypassing the water softener. It was older and when it was installed the bypass was put at the top of the softener, soooo… Yeah. That was rendered useless My dad came over with two fifty-foot hoses, and I was able to shut off the valves between the well and house and bypass spigot to spigot and run water in that way. Finally got that fixed today. Which was reeeeally fun with a bad finger. That’s still a temporary fix, because what I need to do is dig up the line and cut out the join and replace it. But that can wait because yay, I have water.
We also lost several pieces of soffit that I have to figure out how to put back in because they’re in the side over our carport.
The Bard’s house is okay, and fortunately on short pilings, because the lake he lives on flooded and the powerlines and a pole on his street were destroyed. So no telling when he’ll get power back.
I’m cutting down brush and still have to unpack everything I moved out of the house, including stuff in a storage unit we took temporarily but they were wonderful and told us we can have it free for a month, which took a lot of pressure off me. Because I’m barely functional at this point with pain.
I’m just mentally, physically, and emotionally drained And financially. Ugh. I know we’re damned lucky to even have a house, but this is yet another setback in the year of fucktangular happenings.
There was a lot more but those are the highlights.
I would be forever for a few pennies in my tip jat if you can, or you can zelle me.
Below is a copy of what I posted in my Fb group
Thanks!
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(I’m posting mostly from my personal account right now bc I tried switching back to Tymber once and it stallled out (the connection) so until I’m in a reliable internet position I’ll be posting a lot as myself.
I’m just… emotionally, mentally, and physically drained right now. And financially, to add insult to injury. I still have to finish fixing the well issue, beyond bypassing the issue with a hose. Hopefully will have that done in the morning. (Unless my finger is blown up even more, we’ll see.) And that’s temporary too, because the right way to fix it is to dig down to the pipe (pvc) and cut and replace it there to permanently bypass it. Again, not happening now because of my hand and energy and pain levels. Because a new water softener is not in our budget and this one was so old they did it stupid and didn’t put a bypass valve down at the bottom. Meaning the bypass valve at the top, which got crunched by the shed falling, was useless.
No telling when we’ll get internet back and my phone’s internet is spotty at best. Getting better but that’s probably due to more people getting internet back and it’s less of a drain on the cell system.
My parents had a tree drop next to their house and there’s some minor roof damage but they never lost power. No cable/internet though.
The Bard’s house is okay, but it’s up on pilings and now surrounded by lake. No power because his whole street, several trees fell and took down lines and poles.
My sister and brother-in-law in NC still don’t have power from Helene but at least they got a genny so they can keep stuff cold. They don’t have their well back up and running though bc the genny isn’t powerful enough.
I had a massive meltdown last night when the “24-hour” pharmacy the er sent me to was lit up and had cars in the lot, but they had a “temporarily closed sign” on the door. And the entire area around it was just completely dark (and it’s normally not). So I drove there for nothing and…yeah. Ended up crying and screaming my way home, more screaming amd crying, and finally turned the water heater back on because when I washed my hand with cold water it felt like needles punching through my skin. So I risked turning the water heater on (I’m afraid of the water setup failing and then it burns out) so I could get a hot shower. But first I filled the tub and sat there and sobbed for about twenty minutes. Not my finest moment.
Needless to say more book delays. At least the storage company is giving us a free month on the unit we got to move stuff out of the house (and oh yeah, still have to move all that back and put my house back together. I know I am WAY luckier than many people in the storm’s path. WAY luckier. But this is the second worst year of my life next to losing Russ. And that anniversary is coming up at the end of the month, too.
I’m just… I cannot catch a fucking break this year. I’ve had good times and bad times like anyone else, but never in my life a nonstop fucktangular existence like this. If you’re in a position to toss money in my tip jar, you have my utmost appreciation. I’ve been asked about Venmo but I don’t have that. I do have Zelle, though. [email protected] or my Ko-fi at https://ko-fi.com/tymberdalton