Well that was fun.

I was walking through the back yard - which is an admitted disaster zone - tripped on a large sledge hammer, started to fall, tried to kick my left leg up to avoid the fall, but it just hit the hammer again and baam....all the way down to the ground and most of the impact absorbed by my left knee 😀

Ouch.  Instantly got up and started to try to walk around to see what the damage is.  It's scraped up pretty good and the pain will undoubtedly set in later, but it's not destroyed as far as I can tell.  Not that either of my knees are in very good condition to begin with, I'm sure this will help it right along! 

The pond project is coming right along regardless of that little setback. I've got some plants in there and more coming.  I haven't put fish in it yet, the water is too warm. I have a canopy to put over it for the summer months with the sun baking everything and the all months - with endless leaves falling out of the trees, winter months - it's still coming down from the trees folks lmao, spring, dead branches fall off of these giant trees year round.  It may become a semi-permanent fixture, who knows.  

I sort of want to go to the property and get that hunting camera up on a tree near the area where I've sighted the bear dung.  It's hot out but I'd like to get this settled 100%, what animal is doing that and is it really a black bear?  You can't hunt, antagonize or harass black bears in Texas. They are an endangered species.  The property in the rear is probably perfect grounds for them. A stream, wild berries growing and other plant species.  Not a lot of meat around - or perhaps there is. The stream is too small for fish.  

I don't know how  you co-exist with a bear on your property.  I have no intentions of killing them but I don't want them around, either.  It would be a bit uncomforting for a potential hiker going to the rear of the property to see a sign that says warning, wildlife present including black bears.  Proceed at your own risk.  Of course this is Texas - ill advised to be walking around property without a pistol.  I've done it back there out of forgetfulness but the last few hikes I have had my 9 millimeter with me.  It's not likely a bear will just attack you for no reason, they would likely run off seeing humans coming unless they have cubs.  

Well, no sense in attempting to mitigate a problem that may not even exist, I may be off in my assessment of bear dung. 

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2 days later.  Brownsville run - down and straight back up. Only hitch was a bad tire coming up from Mexico - 3 hours to get that replaced, 3 hours of breakdown pay. 

I stopped at the property on the way home. Remember, this is the day slated for the surveyors to come.  They never showed up.  Of course they didn't!  No stakes, the gate not open, no pink ribbons, zero sign they were here.  

So I texted the realtor.  She was looking at the order, it said they would be there "Wednesday, August 2cd".  Uhh, today is August 2cd - Monday.  So now I guess we're looking at Wednesday? Or what were they thinking?  I figure she'll contact them and ask them about that.  Meanwhile, my property needs a survey.  It won't cost near as much as the property I'm buying, it's less than a quarter acre, I'm thinking a few hundred dollars at most.  

I don't know.  This isn't getting old, it's been old.  Supposedly they will have the completed survey to her by Friday, so that's what she's going on.  I'll just go along with that until Friday gets here and then we'll see.  Of course, I'll be going over there if I''m in town.

The yard is full of trucks and trailers, I don't expect a run tomorrow even tho I asked for one.  I need one on Wednesday tho to get any kind of check next week......

Loosely following politics.  Something I was avid about I've just sort of shied away from. I watch news, read news but I'm nowhere near as involved in day to day events as I was a few months ago.  I don't miss it, either.  Same s*** different day. We're all supposed to start wearing masks again and social distancing and everyone on the planet should get a vaccine.  

You'll have a hard time getting me to start wearing masks again.  I am not getting the vaccine unless I am somehow forced to - which I'm sure they're conjuring up some way to do just that.  Even then, I'd be in fear for my life after what happened the last time I got injected with a vaccine.  I don't care one way or the other about social distancing.  

Then you have the crisis at the border which the Biden administrations denies but everyone else - especially in Texas - not only affirms but shows proof of.  And all the rest of it - Joe the trucker driver -  laughable at best. Let's see his @$$ get into a truck and drive it - one with a manual transmission.  We are a total joke on the world stage.  China is mocking us and so is Russia.  Trillions of dollars worth of "budget" - and on and on.  

Yea, I have no interest in getting myself all riled up over things I have zero control over.  Like the Olympics and kneeling, turning the back on the flag and all of that s***.  Who are these people representing? Apparently not the USA.  Team USA? Am I just making that up or are they gaslighting us? I think the latter, thanks, used to be a day when everyone was proud to be an American, now we all need to be woke, be resentful of our white skin color and automatically agree that we are all racists. 

In a pig's eye I will.  The liberal media has control of a lot of minds, that's what I can say about that.

Tomorrow I will do some more work on the pond, if the weather permits.  And maybe put some fish in it, my aquarium is strained under the load of growing goldfish and a couple of Koi.  There's a new Irish restaurant that just opened up in town, I"m wanting to go try their version of Shepherd's Pie.  I love that stuff.  I haven't been doing the diet - but I haven't been going crazy eating either.  Like today, I had a miniature burrito, drove all day and then had a small sandwich. Some sort of chicken wraps for dinner tonight.

Kids coming back Wednesday.  We're all happy to have our last little bits of peace and quiet around here.

And nothing else that I can think of right now, g'day.