Where's Grayson?

One thing that shocked me Sunday night as I watched the Tonys, was the number of ads during the three-hour broadcast that were about drugs—and quite a few of them were for (frighteningly expensive) biomeds. They all end with the announcer saying, “Ask your doctor about….” I’d say 85% of the ads were for pharmaceuticals. (These were American ads on an American channel.)

We walked with our friends on a beautiful morning, and then we came home to chill a little before having lunch. Then I was out rebuilding the deer fencing around two of my fruit trees. Henri built the ones I found falling short of effective, so in the hot sun, I was working with sharp wire and hammering rebar with my maul. 

The work was irresistible, but it was hard going. I reckon my asthma is harder to deal with when it is hot and humid outside because I was dying every half hour. I’d shuffle/stumble into the house to cool off and recover my strength. It was 28° outside and it felt like 100°! It was slow going, but I got both fruit tree fences redone. I’ve a bit more work to do on them, but I felt it could wait until the cool temperature of this morning for me to finish up.

Grayson is MIA. I haven’t seen him for weeks and I’ve had no answer to my emails, so I got his number from Di and left him a message to get in touch. But no call, no email so far. I’m rather disappointed, but there are other people whom I can reach out to for help with finishing splitting the wood that’s left to be split and stacked.

Last night I watched no movie, no TV. I just puttered around the house and, to be honest, I was anxious for nine o’clock to arrive so that I could go to bed. I was tired from working all day on the fences. And when I did my walkabout last night, I was almost in despair over how much work there is to be done in the garden beds. I could work all day every day and still there’s be things to do.

It was very windy yesterday. The entire yard, which I had cleaned up thoroughly, is covered in cones and branches again. I hate this wind, and it’s been blowing for days. It adds to my sense of despair about the humungous amount of work that needs doing. But I will just keep at it.

Today, of course, is going to be sunny and hot. I see Dr. Shoja at 11:00, otherwise I’ll be outdoors working.