Day: May 31, 2013

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What’s Next, Brimstone?

YAY! The rain stopped!

BOO! The rain stopped because heavy winds chased away the clouds!

What a strange weather week…

At least there’s sun now and I’m actually getting some amps in!

And in other happy news, my internet connection has been GREAT all morning. I only have one bar, but I haven’t had any drops at all and I was even able to stream Netflix without it occasionally pausing for ages to load the next bit. Maybe the high gain antenna isn’t a total dud. Then again, I got good service like this occasionally with the stubby antenna, so it’ll take weeks of good service like this for me to believe it’s the norm rather than the exception.

Speaking of antennas, just before bed last night I heard the pot on which the antenna is resting slide across the roof. I ignored it until morning. I woke up around 7:00 to torrential downpour and decided to go see if the antenna was okay then go back to bed to warm myself up.

I went outside, and found the antenna on the ground. The magnet on that thing is really strong, so I that was rather surprising. I climbed up to the roof, holding on tightly since the ladder was slick, and found the pot right at the edge of the roof and turned over. I got the antenna resituated and wedged the pot into the space at the top of the ladder where it can only slide in one direction.

I was sopping wet by this point, even though I’d only been out for a few minutes, so I was glad to get back into my flannel jammies and under the covers! Some mornings just aren’t meant for getting out of bed…

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It’s Still Raining!

I never seen so much rain in all my natural life!

Wow, it’s like Vancouver Island out there! And there’s no end in sight! 🙁

I am desperate for power, so I’m taking the day off from computer-related stuff even though I badly need to keep working. 🙁

Once we get into June, it’ll get sunny, so I just need to hang in there. I am staring at a neighbour’s exterior electrical outlet, but he uses it for his sump-pump, so it’s not sharable. 🙁

What I don’t get is that I ran the engine for over an hour this morning with the computer plugged in and I got my amp hours right up, but I didn’t get more than 10% charge on the laptop. Very frustrating.

I’ll need to fill the big jerry can next time I go into town. Gas in the RV tank is down a full quarter from half, so I only have about 12.5 gallons left, or 12 hours of run time… plus I need to be able to drive out of here in the fall! I figure that if I add a jerry can of fuel every few weeks, I’ll be able to keep the gas level up high enough to make it to a gas station in the fall.