Yesterday I spent most of the day behind a push mower trying to knock down the tall grass here... The riding mower has been down for about 2 months now and 7 acres is hard to keep up with if you only have a push mower.
The other part of my day was playing plumber in the dorms... Fixed a couple of toilets, one faucet and figured out a parts list for the other issues.
Today, I located all of the plumbing parts that we have here at campus... Glenford has them in 3 different places, so it took a while. I have been waiting all morning for Lipton, the school driver, to come in so I can send him to get the rest of the parts so I can start on the other plumbing stuff. In the mean time, I started tearing into the riding mower to see just how bad the damage is so we can know what we are up against. The picture shows the 'rest of the story'. Not pretty. Rod coming through the head. Anyone have an extra engine for a Husqvarna laying around you want to get rid of??
Looking forward to hanging out with the kids tonight after dinner!!

After spending 7 weeks in the States visiting family and raising support, I flew back down here on Tuesday. I am back at the Montego Bay School and have spent the last few days settling into my place here. This week has been a nice slower pace than the summer and I have been juggling email, writing an update letter, as well as doing some weed eating/mowing(riding mower is down) and today cut up a tree that fell in last nights storm.
It is good to be back, but it has also been a harder transition than I thought. Next week will be spent getting ready for a team to arrive on Saturday.