It was one of those hot August days when no one wanted to go outside, you know, the temp was 101 and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky. The prognosticators were saying no chance of rain for the foreseeable future.
We noticed that one of our staff, the grounds keeper, was just sitting around in the air conditioned Homestead doing nothing. It was decided that since there was some shade in the back yard, we should have the grounds keeper get out of his quarters and do some work.
We assigned him a few limbs to cut. He made some remarks under his breath and headed out side. He retrieved the ladder and pole saw from the shed. Positioning the ladder more or less under the limbs, he then climbed up to the top of the ladder and began to saw. The first limb began to crack and fall, so our grounds keeper quickly climbed down, as he was concerned the limb might hit him.
The limb did not fall, so after a few minutes he climbed back up the ladder and again began to saw on the broken limb. After only a few seconds the first limb fell. Luckily the limb fell without hitting the grounds keeper, or the flower bed.
Our tree trimmer climbed up the ladder and again, using the 16 foot pole saw, cut the second limb with the same results. As the limb fell to the ground, the grounds keeper felt an odd feeling in his lower abdomen. He carefully climbed down from the ladder. He instinctively knew what had happened to him. As he felt his lower abdomen he felt a bulge, he knew he had a hernia.
He called the doctor and received an appointment for that afternoon. He was checked and the doctor confirmed our grounds keeper’s diagnosis, it was a hernia.
Our grounds keeper now has an appointment with a surgeon this Wednesday afternoon, who will enlighten him as to when and where or if, they will cut him open and then glue him back together.
Enough about our grounds keeper, we had to call the air conditioner repair people yesterday. The unit began to deposit water on the floor around the unit. This had happened a few years ago, when we were told that it will happen again. Needless to say not having air conditioning would be a nightmare here in the heart of Texas. Repairs were made and costing much money! We will not be able to eat anything other than road kill for about the next 6 months. Donations will be accepted!
May your birthday week have less excitement, than mine!
Don Ford
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