9/25/2022: updated for style and
title change only. My words remain the same.
Four-Week Review - a
Long Introduction
Week 1: Sunday 2/9/2020 - Saturday
2/15/2020:
Well, don’t we still need even
MORE rain? Where’s Noah? Mrs. Appalachian Irishman was off work,
due to too much rain, on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Working two
days out of five must have been tough! Ha! I worked each day,
sometimes using my ol' truck as a boat, when needed. Friday, of
course, was VD (Valentine’s Day). Mrs. Appalachian Irishman had to
hit a lick at work. I’d told her the day before that I would not
send the usual roses to her at work, since I had estimated that the
school system might close, again, on that day, due to all the rain.
Well, wasn’t she surprised when her roses arrived at work, as
usual!
See my next entry, regarding the
Bulls Gap Middle School girls’ basketball team that placed fourth
in the state! Our niece was a starter on that fine team!
Saturday was partly sunny,
finally! We enjoyed a fine get together, with our dear friends, at
the home of the one who had attained the grand age of 60 on 2/6/2020.
We always have a great time! Ask someone about the song, “Play that
Funky Music,” on Alexa, and what happened!
Week 2: Sunday 2/16/2020 - Saturday
2/22/2020:
Monday was Presidents’ Day off
work for me. It was sunny and too warm. My ol' truck and I went to
check on the home place, in my hometown! That was our first time
there since 11/29/2019. We took the 20-year Christmas tree with us.
That memorial tree is resting at the home place now. Here are photos
of the tree and my ol' truck, who loves to have his photo taken.
I also had a fine visit with the across
the road neighbors. They seem to be doing well enough. They are fine
neighbors!
Well, the rain came back the very
next day, stayed a while, and then turned into “snow” (aka
dandruff). Mrs. Appalachian Irishman left work early Thursday, due to
early closure by “dandruff,” and went to work late Friday, due to
late opening by the same “dandruff.”
Week 3: Sunday 2/23/2020 - Saturday
2/29/2020:
Sunday afternoon: HOUSE MOUNTAIN
HIKE #167 is in the books! Can you tell which foot has the “bionic”
parts installed? It’s the right foot. I still feel the difference
in every step, but the difference is not as much as it used to be. My ol' truck clocked 173,500 miles even, just as we were on the way
home!
I took a day off from work on
Monday, to see my dentist for my annual cleaning and inspection.
“Come back in another year, as usual!” Also, on Monday, I mailed
an old fashioned postal letter, to my youngest brother and his wife’s
eldest daughter, in tribute to our niece being a part of a fine Bulls
Gap Middle School girls’ basketball team that won fourth place in
the state tournament, in Smyrna, Tennessee! (I’ll have another post
after this one that will have all the details!)
Tuesday and Wednesday, Mrs.
Appalachian Irishman had to miss work, due to a bad case of the crud.
She saw her doctor Tuesday. She went back to work Thursday, after
another two-hour “dandruff” delay.
Overnight Wednesday to Thursday,
my ol' truck was hospitalized, so that a crankshaft sensor could be
replaced. Ok, Nissan, why is the crankshaft fine, but the sensor that
checks it is bad and needs to be replaced? Why is there a crankshaft
sensor in the first place? It’s a scam to get more money!
Saturday marked another leap year.
I did the IGA errand, etc., while Mrs. Appalachian Irishman and her
sister went to Maryville, for a work-related reason, with no pay.
That’s “fair.” I hope that they send their school system
employer a bill, but I doubt that they will. I would have done so!
Week 4: Sunday 3/1/2020 - Saturday 3/7/2020:
Sunday marks the first day of
spring, as if we had any winter. No, spring does not start on
3/19/2020! I’ve explained this to you before!
March came in like a lion, Monday
night through Tuesday morning. Middle Tennessee got the damage, with the
tornadoes there. This world is not perfect. Tragedies happen,
unfortunately. This world is not our home. We are just passing
through. Heaven is home. No disasters will be there. Such tragedies
here remind us of this, sadly. Thankfully, Nashville sister-in-law
and her home were not damaged.
Friday, Mrs. Appalachian Irishman
had to take off work, to go back to her doctor. The crud is still
with her, unfortunately. I hope it does not turn into the three-month
“kick you butt” virus that I endured from November 2012 to early
February 2013.
Saturday would have been a fine
day for House Mountain #168, but my “bionic” body parts were not
up to it. Instead, I found a beach ball near the fence line in the
back yard! How it arrived there, I’ll never know. Molly has a new
and fun toy! I wish I’d had my phone camera with me! We had fun
“hiking” in the yard at least!
Women’s
Day/”Guvrmint” Time
Women’s Day: Всем
добрым женщинам, особенно друзьям в
России, желаю счастливого женского дня!
(To all dear women, especially friends in
Russia, I wish you happy Women's Day!)
“Guvrmint” Time: Well, the
“guvrmint,” once again, forces me to set all the clocks back an
hour. The jet lag, or possibly my “bionic” body parts,
forestalled my desire to hike “My Mountain” this afternoon. Darn
it!
As a boy, I recall Papaw Ferrell
complaining about that darn “government time!” I keep up his
tradition! After all, my first name was his first name. He did not
have a middle name. Mom had a say in my naming too! My middle name of
William is from her father’s middle name. His name was Aby William
Wood. Don’t call me Bill! I am Marion William Ferrell, in the proud
Irish meaning of Marion (Merrion) and Ferrell (Fearghail). I wear my
middle name, in full, proudly also!
Conclusion
Well, let’s eat soon dear! I
hope you are well enough to work tomorrow. Otherwise, burn a sick day
to get better. I assume that my two-day rest of my “bionic” body
parts has me ready for another work-a-day week!
Good evening, y'all. Oh, by the
way, to my known family and friends, if you ever post a comment here,
I’ll set you up to post anytime, without my moderation first. After
all, I’m still hanging out here in the backwaters of the Interweb,
but I’m working on taking over “Farcebook!"
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