Holy Shit!

[Drunk Monk]

Some members of Doom still have working parts? Amazing.

My right arm is okay. My sword arm. 

Oh bother. I spoke too soon. 

I got to my mom’s house and discovered a section of her backyard fence blew out. If y’all remember, my mom’s house backs up to Ortega park, so the downed fence leaves the yard very exposed. So cancelled my errands for tomorrow and headed to Ace to get some deck nails and new wood. What I really needed was my Makita & wood screws because my dad’s tools include a heavy steel encased drill that needs a long extension cord to reach the fence (I don’t even know if it works anymore) and a hand drill. A hand drill? Wth? 

The fence posts are sturdy but a lot of the wood has rotted, mostly the bottom board that held the slats in place. I reinforced the section with new upper & lower beams and then gingerly nailed the slats in as best as I could, trying not to crack the old wood. Lots of splinters. Lots of cussing. But it stands again now. It even looks like a fence again if you don’t look too closely. Hopefully it will withstand the wind storm.

My right forearm is tight as a pickle jar lid all the awkward hammering. I was never great with a hammer. 
So much for my right arm going ok.

I will have to come back with my Makita and wood screws to reinforce it all.

Looks like the windstorm has knocked out my wifi here. So my work for tonight and tomorrow comes to a screeching halt. 

This afternoon/evening did not go well at all.