The last few days have been miserably hot. We operate on solar power so we don't have air conditioning (although we do have a window unit out in the garage and we just may install it in a bedroom window and only run it when absolutely necessary).
Marshall has been able to get a couple of nice rides on his Harley the past few days but today he said his legs felt like they had lead weights on them and he didn't move around much. Those varicose veins showed up again today, too, and I believe they can cause a heavy feel in the legs. We'll have to ask about that. But it was great that he had a couple of higher-than-usual energy days. We are attributing some of that to the iron supplementation he's getting.
We noticed that the "check engine" light was on in the Prius so I drove it over to Toyota in Pueblo today. Turns out that the mice have been busy again. They've gotten in and chewed some important wires. In the past four years we have spent more than $2,000 fixing mouse damage to our various vehicles. So I sat at the dealership for several hours and came home $200 poorer.
I have heard that peppermint oil is a deterrent so tomorrow I am going to put cotton balls soaked in peppermint oil in both vehicles. The smell is overpowering but if it keeps the mice away it will be worth it. If anyone has other suggestions (other than poison) I'd love to hear them.
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