Lumpy Arm

Adventure Location:

Decatur, Alabama

Date: October 14, 2023

Twas a busy day today including a bit of pain. First was the walk. Since today was the off road foot races the normal walking trails were closed from 8 am to noon. They had a BIG turn out it seemed to the OFM Teams. We are glad schools in this area have a great place like Point Mallard trails to have the event.

We just took the trail portion along Point Mallard Parkway to start out. A nice pace took us to the entrance of the road that is closed for the race. Then we came back to near the campground and cut down through the campground to the soccer field behind the campground and went over to our normal passage to/from the campground and to the Castle. It was a very nice walk so the racers must have had great weather also. Our total lap was 2 miles at a brisk pace.

After a rest and a shower we went to lunch and on the way back decided that today was the day to defrost the freezer again after about two years. We had let the food supply dwindle a good bit so we could put all the freezer food into the refrigerator to stay cold during the defrosting happening.

Then we went to work on the defrosting/deicing of the freezer. The freezer had about an inch thick layer of ice on the rear wall.

After a good bit of work the final sheet of ice finally came out of the freezer and was put into the kitchen sink to finish melting.

Then we let the freezer run a few minutes and then loaded the freezer items back into the freezer.

And we were finished. The whole process took about 45 minutes and is very easy to do but a bit tedious.

Then just to keep things interesting the OFM was having trouble with his left shoulder being painful to use and he thought it was just his habit of leaning on his left elbow while working on the computer that caused the pain. By late afternoon we knew it was coming from the covid shot area. After a good bit of research without positive information the OFM hopped into Sierra and went to the pharmacy where he got the shot yesterday to consult with the pharmacist. She agreed that it was from the shot area and that I should just let it heal for a couple of days since it was not inflamed at all and if it is not getting better come back for her to check it for the next step. We agreed with her as long as the OFM does not start running a fever.

Tonight we had a nice supper and plan on getting to bed on time for a wonderful night of healing so we will be ready for trying to have tooooo much fun tomorrow.