I’ve been dying to talk with you. O.K. Here is the bad news. B. has lung cancer. He’s been complaining of a cough for months. He was diagnosed (incorrectly) with bronchitis. Finally went to OW and received the news that he has a lung tumor. Since then an entire month has passed without further work up. He had a CT scan scheduled in Belize City but the machine is down. I bet they don’t have a repair person on standby like we had at Riverside. Even then sometimes our machines could be down for weeks at a time. But then we didn’t only have one machine.
D. is leaving to go to the States for a month. It sounds strange I know that she would be leaving at this time but I think she’s at her wits end. The solar/generator system has been limping along for months. I think B. is penny pinching and won’t invest in new components for the system. Many people have been out to look at it. No one ever fixes it and maybe they create new problems. Too many cooks in the kitchen. And now with B’s diagnosis she is the brunt of his frustration. She is leaving to collect herself and her sanity.
On the home front I am tackling this damn concrete roof. I hired B. and his brother-in-law, J. to do the job. They did work one full day cleaning the roof with a chlorine solution. It looked great. They then began to argue over who was the boss of the job and controlled the purse strings. J. walked off the job so B. and I painted on the base coat/sealer. By then I knew what has to be done and I decided to finish the job myself. Of course, it rained yesterday and delayed the work. I need 24 hours of dry weather after putting down the elastomeric paint.
J. told me he would mark the low spots that I know exist (I saw the puddles of water in them after the rain yesterday.) and apply thinset where needed. That didn’t happen. Here’s what I’m going to do. I’m going to go ahead and apply the “snow coat.” Then if needed I will go back at some time and cut around the low areas and apply thinset before reapplying the elastomeric paint. Maybe not how you would prefer but I’m very tired of the paint raining down from the moist ceilings in the house. It’s hard to keep up with and keep clean during rainy season.
This weekend are the Independence Day celebrations. Remember the firetruck parade. The one firetruck? Hahaha!
Caitlin and Nutty are in Japan. They seem to be having a wonderful time. I need to touch base with Yuri. He is up Glouchester way.
Connor of the Caribbean is fine. He is always lying beside me, touching me, or climbing up on my lap. He can’t bear to be far away. He hasn’t been in the water of late. Crocs have been sighted. Newt is good. She lost quite a few teeth awhile back and her face is a little different now. I brush her teeth to preserve the ones that are left.
Oh, gosh. I get to this point and my heart starts to ache. The sick feeling of missing you returns. I still cry for you, not as often as before, but I miss you so much.
Love you.