To End Out The Month

September 28, 2024

Last night, or I should say, this morning, as it was 2:00 AM that I had a repeat of last night’s discomfort. This morning was not as difficult because I knew it would eventually end. But I had the same pain with the same result, except this time I made sure I took an extra light with me to the toilet so I didn’t have to return in the dark! I was able to poop during the day yesterday, so I knew I wasn’t stopped up, but the feeling of a solid ball or rock just under my ribs was there again. Trying to poop at 2:30 AM was again unsuccessful!

I tried taking an antacid, but with my stomach relatively empty, the antacid tablets made me throw up – the dry heaves – which was absolutely horrible!

And, once again, I was able to go back to sleep at about 4:00 AM and didn’t wake up until 8:30 AM.

In spite of this, I was able to add more to the four columns in the house foundation, to bring them up to the height of the walls in the corners.

I also did not eat any tomatoes nor any citrus, yesterday, nor today!

September 30, 2024

This morning was another repeat performance at 2:00 AM. The first time I thought I was going to die, it hurt so much. This time, I was afraid I would not and woulf have to suffer this every morning forever! But yet, just like the last two mornings, the pain was gone when I woke up, and I just had to deal with the soreness.

After breakfast of pancakes, I loaded the truck with my empty water bottles and went to the water station in Waiohinu! While I was filling my bottles, others came with larger containers such as the 250 gallon cubes, loaded on a trailer or in the back of a pickup truck. They were able to collect 250 gallons in half the time it took me to get around 60 gallons in my individual bottles!

When I returned to the property I began laying block on the stem walls of the bathroom. I intend to lay two or three courses of block to raise the walls above the level of the surrounding ground, then build frame walls up from there.

There are more guavas on the small guava tree near the chipper.

TTFN