Fibermania

Bunches of Miracles

Saturday morning 9 am I dropped Dave off at the cargo van rental place and 1.5 hours later he had still not returned with the van. Back I went in search of him. The clerk said they called us two days ago to say they had no van for us (O sure) and Dave was being taken to another town to get one from that office.

11am he returns, not in a van but in an open bed F-150 truck. He explained it all to me, but the bottom line is that we got the truck for two weeks for FREE. First miracle.

A little bit Beverley Hillbillies, but fine.

OK. 11:10 my brother Cary arrives ( second miracle) to help with the loading and everything we planned of course does not fit, but most of it does. An open bed truck with mattresses exposed and clouds about to dump rain???But then the sun came out and we were fine. Not a drop of rain for the whole trip. Third miracle

We fixed Popeye in the cat carrier in the truck, I got in the fully packed car and off we went by 3pm. O um, first we had to eat something, so onto Panera, and then off we went at 4pm.

We had absolutely perfect traffic and all the boxes and beds stayed put in the truck! We were passed by a huge trailer with Pedaling for Parkinson's painted on the side. Weird? Followed by a Mercedes with the license plate God Cent. Spooky. We drove as far as Lafayette IN and stayed overnight in a nice hotel. Popeye was a prince. He has never traveled anywhere before, so we were very relieved that he didn't make a peep. Or a poop. Fourth miracle.

Sunday afternoon we drove to the house to see it again and discovered a disaster. The retaining wall was finished, or shall I say 'done for'. It had been constructed and destructed because of a mudslide. Apparently a torrential rain occured and the wall began to bulge out. Quick thinking prevented the whole thing come down on the house. The owner sawed the thing from top to bottom at the weak point and then let it fall.

Not good.

The rest of the retaining wall looks perfectly secure, so what made this part give way, I mean, besides the saw? Imagine how the seller must have felt when he realized this wall was failing!

The sales contract stipulated that the retaining wall be completed before we sign over the money. So we will have to see about this. I live by the dictum that God loves me and has a wonderful plan for my life. So I am expecting a fabulous solution to this dilemma.

Our chickens have miraculously grown from two roosters to three, plus three hens.The trinity. Another hopeful sign?

UPDATE: The owner cut the wall to conform to the curve of the hillside but had no knowledge of its toppling! He is on the phone with Dave as I write this. Strange goings on.

Now we have negotiated to have the owner provide funds for this repair and we are good to go. Only of course we are waiting for the bank to come through with the mortgage. It seems there is a delay on the written report from the appraiser. We have been approved, it is just paperwork and faxing and emails and phone calls. So much drama!

Good thing we brought our own wine.