Right before 6am, I noticed the water pressure was low – AGAIN – and then shortly afterward I could hear Jesse on the ATV. The dogs came and sought us out before Jesse got to doing our cooler around noon. We heard them race across the porch and so we went out to say hi. Sure enough, they alternated between playing with us as well as wrestling with each other.

Later on, Jesse called – yes, he actually called – to say that we’d have water in about an hour and that he was re-wiring the well. This should help a lot of the pressure problems we’ve been having. He said he was up at 6:00 shaving when he went to rinse his razor and realized there was no water, and so he had to go outside and hose it off. I got to laugh at him too, though we all laughed at that one.

He’s going to be back this morning to make sure nothing’s leaking. I’m glad I’m on days!

I finally remembered to ask him what these palm-like trees are called and they’re Trees of Heaven. Palms and cactuses aren’t native to this area, and they’re pretty much the only trees around here that I like.