Wet Carpet

This morning we got up and did our laundry. The laundromat has raised their prices on the washers and decreased the number of minutes per quarter on the dryers, but we have clean clothes again.

After lunch Ken went to pick up Steve and Jan. Steve had offered to help us with our leak problem in the bedroom slide. At his suggestion I had tried to cut and lift the carpet under the bed where it has been getting wet so that we could inspect the damage. Also, once the area dries, we will be able to tell more easily if it is continuing to get wet when it rains. My efforts weren't getting anywhere, so Steve came to the rescue. He brought his newer, sharper box knife, strength, and determination--and succeeded in laying bare the damaged particle board, which is definitely damp, mildewed, and soft in the corner. He looked outside and could find no area that didn't look well sealed. So now we'll wait and see. It's supposed to rain tomorrow, but we don't know how much.

Afterwards we all went to Pharr South for Randy Dougherty's C-1 lesson. Randy is a good teacher and managed to encourage everyone and teach a couple of new calls. He also took a poll of how many class members would be staying in the Valley during March (most are). The program is going to change in March, with Randy and Darryl discontinuing their C-1 classes and instead inviting the class members to attend their regular C-1 workshops on Monday (Darryl) and Tuesday (Randy). Joe will continue his class through the middle of March.

We watched more Olympic moments, focusing mainly on ice dancing. The section we watched was the original programs--we had seen the compulsory programs earlier. There's one more section to come. We also saw Apolo Ono pull off an amazing short track performance to win the bronze medal, his seventh winter Olympics medal--Apolo Seven has launched.