It’s mid-afternoon on the Friday before a three-day weekend. I’m in the office and it is very quiet. The parking lot is more than half empty. It is holiday time! Since this year offers three opportunities for a long summer weekend, many folks are taking advantage. I’ve got a couple of more meetings right after lunch and then I’ll be on my way to Soda Springs.
We’ll spend the days in Soda Springs over the weekend and nights back at our apartment. Dawnmarie, Kirk, and clan are arriving in Soda this afternoon. Heather, Ty, and family will come up Saturday late morning. We’ll enjoy the time visiting with them and playing with the grandchildren.
It has been a fairly eventful week, however. Dad is building a workshop behind his house. The frame is up and the roof trusses are in place. He was nailing up the firring strips for the metal roof when he lost balance and fell off the ladder last Friday. He landed on his back and bit his tongue pretty badly. When we saw him on Sunday, he was feeling pretty rotten. He had a very upset stomach and was in a lot of pain.
He visited the chiropractor on Monday and got some pain relief, but he still had a lot of gastronomic distress. Finally on Tuesday he went to the doctor who put him in the hospital. He spent the night there undergoing tests and observation. There isn’t any significant apparent damage, but he had become quite constipated. He came home on Wednesday. Nina went to Soda on both Tuesday and Wednesday to stay with mom and do what she could to help. We both went up last night (Thursday) to help clean things up on the deck for the grandkids. He’s feeling better, but still is a long way from getting back to normal.
The shop, however, is still a high priority! He and mom drove to Pocatello yesterday to pick up the roofing and siding material for the shop. Since it’s not a good idea for him to get up on a ladder until he’s feeling much better, I think that Kirk, Ty, and I will spend Saturday putting the roof on the shop. Haven’t done that before, so it should be a good learning experience. Perhaps even a great way to spend a Holiday!