Rocket Rescue

I now take periodic “pain breaks”. They are basically water breaks with the application of ointment to my thumbs then resting 15 minutes until the stuff takes the edge off the pain.
On my way in I hear shouting from the schoolyard. There are 8 kids at the fence wanting to talk. They explain that one of their rockets is up in my magnolia tree. This wasn’t a surprise because earlier today one of the kids’ mothers came down and told us about it. It was too high up for me to get right away so I got her address—she lives 4 houses up and she has the fine name , Karen—and told her when I got it I would return it.

Well, with the kids at the fence I decided to try to retrieve it now. It took standing on my 10 ft ladder and poking with a (literal) 10 ft pole to get the little rocket down. This was a school project. They made the rockets in class and then launched them in the school yard. They must have gone higher than expected. You know how these things always say things like “goes up to 100 ft”. Well theses must have worked to spec. The trouble was the wind made the rockets land in the trees outside the schoolyard.

The kids were excited to get the rocket back. They were nice and polite too. They also said that 2 of the rockets were in our neighbor’s yard. I got those, too.

There are still a couple in the oak tree in the school yard. I can’t do anything about those. At least I did my good deed for the day.

Well, pain break is over. Back to work I go. At least I’m feeling well enough to do something today. Maybe I should start every day on the kayak.