Fingers Crossed

Bay City, Texas

Weather: low 62 degrees, high 80 degrees, clear skies

Work on the project is inching to a finish as the plant gets ready to start producing electricity again. Sometimes, the last few days of an outage seems to be the hardest. Perhaps it’s because everyone wants to get through with their work and go back to a normal life. My part of the project is almost complete, and I should be done by Thursday at the latest. There’s always the possibility of problems arising to extend the outage, but it shouldn’t be anything that would cause me to be here longer.

One of the ladies that supports the project has a son who has been sick for a couple of months. He had surgery last week that is apparently going to require him to be off work for another few months. His mother and brothers held a benefit for the son’s family, selling bar-b-que plates as a way to raise money. Most of the people on the project bought plates, which were so-so. The brisket was okay, but the beans and potato salad left a lot to be desired. The potato salad was the consistency of mashed potatoes, which would have tasted better than what we got. Goes to show you that even Texans can mess up bar-b-que. At least it was for a good cause.

Here's another Oregon beach scene, along with the jetty near Newport, Oregon. Notice the lack of people on the beach. I wasn't trying to take pictures without people. There were not many people on any of the beaches we saw, other than the one at Brookings. That one had a state park right on the beach with RV spaces. The two days that were near 90 degrees while we were there may have been what drew those people to enjoy the nice beach. Carolyn enjoyed it, to the point that she took her shoes off and waded in the water.



Carolyn has been doing some research on her vertigo problem. Nothing helpful was found until Saturday when we went to the library. She found a used magazine with an article about Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV), which is what she suffers with. The article suggested a different exercise than what she had been using with little or no help lately. She tried the new exercise today, and says she had one of her better days. She is going to continue the new exercise, and expand on it as the article suggested before we make an appointment to see our doctor. We've got our fingers crossed that this will help improve her quality of life.

More later, be safe.

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