Today we continued, after a stop of around 11 weeks, our building process.
My back (herniated disk problem) has healed for 95% now. Phatsamon also is back on track after a serious injury at her heel.
Happy I did not have to do a surgery. Special exercises in combination with lots of rest and also walking, nearly solved all the disturbances. Still 5% to go.
During construction work I am wearing a back support now and am not carrying heavy loads for a while. And yes, getting older, my back problems showed me for some future activities we have to hire some qualified workers.
Just last Sunday we arrived back in Surin again after around five weeks Chiang Mai holidays. We got nice and not too hot weather, clear skies and good air quality again (picture taken from the first-floor balcony).
And although I did not need a surgery for my back, an ambulance had to bring me, getting into a shock, to the emergency room and the intensive care unit of the Lanna Hospital in Chiang Mai. Al because of a 'successful' attack of eight 'friendly' wasps during an early morning walk with our dogs. My 'emergency medicines' against my wasp allergy only work till max. three stings. It did not work quick enough and the amount of wasp poison was too high. Within ten minutes my body became a kind of itching red swollen balloon. I became dizzy and after a short while already could not stand anymore.
Actually, I arrived at the hospital just in time because my red blood cells diminished oxygen transportation because of the wasp poison more and more. Thankfully I survived.
Working in the garden now I wear a beekeeper hat and have a kind of emergency medicine combination ready in case of.
Back at our living and construction site we found nature took over. A kind of wilderness. We are in the rainy season now and with these temperatures all nature comes out of heat meditation after months. Phatsamon last Monday already started with cutting the grass.
Surprise, another animal. A baby bird (we call him/her Beo) was sitting on top of TED's under the roof. Very friendly and we can even touch it.
We received a message that the ordered wall blocks as well as the rooftiles for the house arrived at the construction material firm in Surin and are ready to deliver. That is great news and a couple of weeks earlier than we thought.
On the other hand the (farmers) road to our site is very muddy again so the firm has to find a way and a dry period to deliver. We think it will be in some days.
This morning I repaired an outside kitchen faucet and connection because it broke and was leaking. I also cleaned the air-conditioning at the first pyramid.
Because of storm and rain a tree collapsed and fell on the roof of the workshop. I will cut it into pieces this afternoon. Happy I did not have the possibilities (because of my back problems) to repair the roof after another tree collapsed because of a mistake we made cutting it. So, I hope this week I can fix it in one time. Materials we already have.
Unfortunately, the storm also caused our old tree, we got as a gift of Phatsamon's brother but did not make it, to break into pieces. Not sure what we will do but I am thinking of buying another beautiful old tree in a couple of years and plant it at the same place.
Priority now is to finish the second guest pyramid. This will take us around one month we guess. Painting, wall carpet, laminate, bathroom door, and light and furniture installment.
A Thai family member made and posted a short movie at YouTube about the pyramids of Thailand (as she calls them) in a couple of days 1600 views and enthusiastic reactions. Happy to hear that.
So, we hope regularly again we can keep you all posted. Thanks for showing interest in our ongoing adventure.
(June 2023 Balcony view house Mae Rim, Chiang Mai)
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