Day 2637

 I woke up about 6:30 and couldn't get back to sleep.  I played games until about 7:45 and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  I was outside working before 8:30.

Ellen had therapy at 9, so she didn't help me with the fallen tree.  I started by moving all of the stuff that I'd cut yesterday to the refuse pile.  Then I started cutting again.  I would cut until I had a small pile and then take the pile to the refuse pile.  As I cut I revealed three large branches from another tree that had also broken.

One branch had broken cleanly.   The other two required the pole saw.  They were a pain in the ass to cut.  Surprisingly the main trunk wasn't hard at all.  I just started at the top end and cut 16 inch pieces.  As I got towards the end that was reduced to 12 inch pieces.  It took a little over 2 hours to clear everything out.  I was really tired and sore.

Ellen came home just as I was putting things away.  I was sweaty ad covered with sawdust.  I went inside and surfed for a while recovering.  When I had, we both went out to cut the stuff by the street. When I got up from the table my right knee hurt so bad that I could hardly walk.  I just kept going because I knew it would get better if I walked on it.

There were two trees to cut.  We loaded three loads of stuff on the Ranger and hauled them to an existing pile near the gate.  The last work was using the chainsaw to cut some branches that were overhanging the road.  Unfortunately the chain came off while I was doing that.

I took everything back to the garage.  I got the chainsaw manual and read how to fix the problem.  When I took the saw apart I found that the inside by the sprocket was jammed with junk.  It was also VERY oily.  I cleaned everything out and reinstalled the chain.

I went inside and took a shower followed by lunch.  All of my clothes went immediately into the washer.  After that we drove over to Audi to pick up the car.  After that I drove home and Ellen went to the post office.

The rest of the afternoon was a few videos and a lot of napping.  Ellen fixed spaghetti for dinner.  It's good not eating leftovers.  After dinner was more videos followed by and early to bed.  I am really sore.  I probably would have declared tomorrow a rest day, but THE CLEANUP IS FINISHED.