Disasters that work out.

I woke with the idea of starting our work on the motor home early because of the prediction of 90 degrees later. Evelyn wanted to exercise and go at 9. As I walked I remembered that we were having our carpet cleaned at 10. She brought the guy over early and showed him what we wanted. He charged $25 for doing half the house. I thought “phooey” and just had him do all of it. He only charged $30 for that. We left for the coach and found that the water was off. I couldn’t get under the coach where it was parked to change the oil so I filled the coach batteries. They were nearly dry. The water finally came on, and we washed the roof and sides. We ran the slides in but one of the awnings would not retract with the slides. Evelyn figured out the problem while I was borrowing a ladder. I had to twist the cylinder. It was quite windy by this time, and she lost the handle a couple of times. By working together and relying on the Lord’s help we got things back to working order. I then drove the coach to one of the small concrete pads to change the oil so I could put the jacks down to lift the coach. I changed the filter without incident but had to put the used oil receptor on a bracket underneath. It fell off early on and made a mess on the pad. I finally finished the procedure and replaced the oil with fresh oil. I had bought a 5 quart container and had to pour it from the large container into single quart container in order to get it into the oil receptor. We finally got home for lunch at 2:30. We ate little and then slept. We had worked harder than we had for some time in the heat. We wakened and went back to eat fish with the Merryfields, friends from the worship at Trail’s End. Sharon plays the accordion for our services. They served blue gills they had brought from Wisconsin, baked potatoes, slaw and jello for dessert. Then they showed us pictures of their trip to Copper Canyon in Mexico. It was a great trip featuring very luxurious accommodations, but they did have to endure long rides on a bus. We brought the coach home and parked in front of the house where we will begin the packathon tomorrow.