Well: make that mini-disaster of the day. And now that my excellent son has addressed matters, it’s the non-disaster of the day.
The Old Bat turned the garden hose on in the swimming pool, by way of bringing the water level up to normal. Then she wandered off and forgot about it.
Right.
When I remembered, the water was all the way up to the level of the deck, within about a quarter-inch of overflowing!!!
Called M’hiijto to ask his advice on how best to address that little fiasco. He announced that he was on his way!
Gosh.
Well, on his way he indeed was. When he got here, he flang around and banged around, drained off the excess water, fixed this and fixed that. So…now the pool is back to normal — or at least, so it appears.
That was close! Another ten minutes with that hose roaring away, and the pool would have overflowed. Allllll over the yard….
At this time of year — early July — the air is SO hot and dry that the excess water will evaporate off in a couple of days. Disaster mitigated!
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Just now, though, there ain’t gonna be much mitigating going on for awhile.
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Added to the Pool Frolic, we also have a fine case of tinnitus.
Every now and again, I’ll get a spate of this — squealing and ringing in the ears. But it usually goes away overnight, if not in a few hours.
But nay! Not this time! Climbing into bed, we’re going into the third night of wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee…..
Ohhhh gawd!
I’ve kind of learned to ignore it. Kinda…sorta… You can’t, in reality, ignore a constant high-pitched squeal. But after awhile, you get used to it. The noise is still there, but it doesn’t stop you from sleeping.
Heh! It certainly isn’t keeping Ruby from her beauty sleep. She’s conkered out on the foot of the bed. Funny little dog. What an adorable companion!