Lemons and Cool Drinks on a Summer Day

So in my last post I mentioned how the universe was pelting my with lemons and interfering with plans. A lot has happened since then. In some ways, nothings changed and yet … everything has.

My truck is still broken – the how and why remain a mystery. I have a mechanic willing to ‘start throwing things at it’ to figure out what is causing the issue, but that can’t begin until next week – the week the event happens.

We finally got a chance to put up the tent and see how it faired after nearly a decade in storage. The mice up in the attic had definitely decide to test if it was food. The once white canvas is dingy, though not mouldy, and we were missing many hooks that help hold the sides of the tent out. Almost as soon as it was erected, I noticed the center support pole had cracked. The fiber-glass splitting up from where it rests over the pole beneath.

Also – my wife’s battery for her vaping…died.

However….

I have other batteries, maybe not as good or as long lasting but I have them, so she is using mine until we place an order at the end of the week.

The holes in the tent have been patched, my wife went out with some canvass and a needle and thread and took care of that. I have extra poles to replace broken ones, and I taped up around the broken one, just to see if it would hold. I made more of the missing hooks out of clothes hangers and they are working. Most important, we just passed through a massive Thunderstorm with brutal winds – and the tent is still standing.

My parents have offered, along with coming up to watch over our animals, to let us take their van during that time to get to and from the event. Even though are wheels will be in a garage that week, we will still be able to attend the event.

In the end, this became another example of my family steeping up – of just hoping and working towards what want despite the odds – of smiling through the darkness. In some ways it seems I’m cursed, but in others I’m abundantly blessed. Today, I know I will have a great weekend, not because of what I hope will happen, or because of memories of such events years passed. I know, because of the bridge laid down for me to be able to get there is enough in itself.

Lemonade never tasted so good!

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