My previous post was at 4:30 in the morning, so it’s obvious I’m not sleeping well. Got up at 5:45 to a very foggy morning, totally socked in. We’re 1/2 mile from the river so we get a lot of river fog in the mornings & it usually burns off fairly quickly when the sun comes up - today the fog is especially heavy.
I have the irritating task of dealing with/canceling our trash pickup service today. Back in late May/June, they didn’t pick up our trash for a month, despite multiple contacts (you have to do everything online). I finally got a call from the local operations manager who convincingly told me he just heard about our issue(s) & whatever trash mess we had (a months worth), they would clean it up. They did, so I gave them another chance & didn’t cancel. Now the problem has started again - missed pickup, filed a report that was confirmed by email, trash should have been picked up yesterday at the latest & I still have a can full. They’re getting canceled today because I just can’t stand the hassle any more. The local landfill is 10-15 minutes away & I’m going to see how much of a hassle it is to take the trash there myself. There’s also a local company that I am considering with an office just down the road in town - the current company is a national one.
More enjoyable ... going to check out some bagged compost at the Farm Bureau today. If it’s not too pricey, I’ll get a couple of bags for one of the metal raised beds that just got filled with dirt. I want to plant my red hot poker plant & the ‘clearance’ echinachea that is hanging on, but looking poorly. Being out of a pot and in decent dirt should help both of them.
Thursday is a rough weather day with flood watches in the offing. That is the day the cooler front with lower dew points moves through. EVERYONE is excited at the thought of a break in the brutally muggy, hot weather. I have a couple of projects I’ve put on hold until the heat dome is gone so I’ll have plenty to keep me busy outside. After Friday, the forecast is showing 0% chance of rain for the next 7 days and temps in the upper 70’s low 80’s. What a gift that will be!
I had a very similar darn problem with my trash pickup company. They missed me for over a month, I complained repeatedly, no result, so I didn’t pay them and they terminated my service. Wifey has started service with another company, but their reviews are not great. So, we shall see. A LOT of stuff I can burn, but not the plastic and metal based stuff, of course. :-(