I helped my mom today. I am glad.

[smudge ★]

She had asked me a while ago to help her clean her gutters. She doesn't have a tall enough ladder (and honestly she can't be getting on a ladder.) I finally have a few days off, so I took some of that time to take a ladder to her house.

Got there and realized the ladder I brought was too short. Damnit; now I have to get the aluminum ladder. We went upstairs to try going out a window rather than use a ladder. Nope, not gonna work. But there was an air conditioner sitting in that attic room. She wasn't sure how she and my nephew would do carrying the unit and installing it. I picked it up and carried it to the window. Air conditioner installed upstairs.

We both went to my house to get the aluminum ladder. We hung out for a bit, and she got to meet Gray Cat.

Back to her house. It was scary going up that aluminum ladder, but I got all the crud out of the gutters. It was pretty wet in there, and it smelled like sewage. The remaining water wouldn't drain properly, but she was just glad to get the mini trees out!

We hung out in the back yard for a bit and watched the doggies enjoy the outdoors.

It was a good afternoon.

[Kirby]

Yay!

[MickinMD ★]

Enjoy as much time as you can with your mother! The man next door quit smoking in his 30's and is still getting around at age 93. He is 1 month younger than my mother, who died in 2003 at age 79 from smoking-related lung cancer.  So the guy next door is a constant reminder that mom might still be enjoying life if she had quit when my neighbor quit.

[Johnny Come Lately Name]

13 hours ago, smudge said:

the ladder I brought was too short

.....it’s not the ladder.....