Its April, I’m not sure where the time has gone. I’ve been getting a few more driving shifts so that’s been good, well it keeps the finances a bit more stable. Still haven’t won Lotto so I will have to continue on this path for a bit, maybe two or three more months and then I might go full time to squirrel some cash away.
The sun has shone for nearly two weeks which has been great after all the rain; however the humidity has been high. Last night however the rains have returned but I don’t think it will be a problem here, but it does remind everyone just how vulnerable they are if you happen to live in an area which is prone to flooding. Problem is you can’t just pack up and move because you might not get a buyer or the price you get is not enough to buy another property on higher ground and so for many, me included, I have no choice for the moment at least to stay put. I spoke to Mick yesterday and we were saying it’s like having PTSD about the floods, every time we here this torrential rain we get worried.
Last Saturday I finally tracked down a pair of painters trestles which are about 3.6 m high which should be enough for me to be able to reach the high points of the house when I paint it later in the year. When I arrived at the seller’s house they were on the front lawn waiting for me. I got the surprise of my life at the weight of them, you know that feeling you get when you go to pick up something and it just doesn’t move? I found the balancing point and carefully lifted them up and shuffled towards the trailer, they would have to be around the 40 kg mark or more. They are timber trestles and this is the downside of them, however if I were to hire some aluminium ones then the $160 I paid for these would be eaten up very quickly. I’ll get a set of wheels to rest them on when I’m dragging them about the place or I’ll just have to work out a bit more.
A few days later…….
It’s now Sunday the 3rd of April and I finally got back to working on the house, I have done nothing since the floods came. It all seemed a bit too much really, I mean what’s the point of fixing things up when the rain can come and take it all away. This is the PTSD talking of course, you just need to get back in the correct frame of mind and get on with it.
I haven’t unpacked many of the boxes from the shed since I returned nearly two years ago and so I think it’s time. I’ll work my way through and maybe try to sell a few things along the way although I’ll no doubt give most of it away. I have stacks of E-waste that I will get rid of too. I have so many framed pictures that are still wrapped up which I removed from the shed when the flooding began; I think I will hang a few up around the place once more as I won’t be going anywhere for the rest of the year and it will allow me to enjoy them once more.
I feel that I have moved forward slightly this weekend. The world is a dangerous place right now and the Covid restrictions don’t make travel easy. With the house, well what will be will be. If a disaster is imminent then I may as well cross that bridge when it comes rather than get worked up about it. The house is still insured and as long as that is viable I will stay put. But I think I need to get rid of some of the many items that are stored in boxes……..after all if they have been there for nearly two years then I don’t really need them do I?
Books I have read and recommend……….
