Lad home, wood ordered

The lad is home and sorting through his belongings. He said he’s taking about half the stuff that he took last year. Per my request, he’s sorting through now before I fire up the washing machine. I’d like to have this all taken care of before Wednesday because....

I talked with my wood guy this afternoon and, after settling on a price, we agreed to a Wednesday morning delivery. I’m getting 3 cords of wood at $265 per cord. That’s just a tinge less than last year.

When I decided on 3 cords, my recollection was that I’d purchased 2.5 cords last year, which didn’t quite last through March. Boy, was my recollection mistaken. I dug out the receipt and I’d only bought 1.5 cords. I had about a half of a cord already on hand from the previous year. So, in a couple of days, I’m going to be swimming in so much wood that I have no idea where I’m going to stack it all. But, one thing is for sure: I won’t run out of wood this winter. I should have a fair start on next winter, in fact.

Once nice thing about a wood pile...it’s never money wasted. And I would rather have more than not enough.

On Wednesday, the lad will help me stack wood. We should be able to get at least a cord stacked by the end of the day, but I hope for rather more than that. When he leaves on Thursday, I hope to see a very small pile left to stack.