This trip was as eventful as my trips usually are. The driving was good, the appointments were easy and the people were wonderful. However there's always more.
During our trip to Houston there was a substantial snow and ice event in NW Arkansas. Our house was covered. As things melted on the roof it began raining into our bedroom and leaking in our sunroom. AGAIN! This same thing happened last year and we paid about $5k to replace a section of roof to fix it. Apparently that did not work. I contacted the roofing company and they're coming out next week to look at it. I expect to be replacing the entire roof soon. Very soon.
As April and I are preparing to leave Houston we take the bags to the truck and find the tailgate wont open. CRAP! At some point in the past 3 weeks my bumper was hit hard enough to bend in and deflect the side panel and hose the tailgate! I don't see any damage to the bumper or quarter panel or tailgate. Did some with a car made of cotton balls hit me? I suspect it's the damn crumple zone technology. It 'absorbed' an otherwise non-eventful impact to save my life and only cause unknown thousands of dollars in damage. I am upset. Add to that I do not have time to leave my truck anywhere. Poop Poop Poop!
We leave for home on Monday and plan to stay one night with my uncle in Oklahoma. Traffic through Dallas is horrible so we arrive about 10pm. I am tired and I ache all over, which is not surprising. The next morning I wake up and feel no better. I have a 101.5 temp. Darn. We're only 2 hours from home so we make a Dr appointment and head that way. Of course we're blocked because of a crane stuck in the mud (that's another story), but I get to the appointment and get some antibiotics. Wednesday and Thursday are spent laying down. Nothing but soup and water. I feel mostly better on Thursday but now April has it.
Today is Friday, April is sick, I must be in Houston on Monday, and the roofers will be here next week. The adventure continues.
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