the keeper's cottage · day 703 · night

Midnight tide check and antibiotic dose

The tide is at its lowest ebb. Kevin wakes Jenny for her 0200 antibiotic dose, then steps out to the dock with a headlamp to inspect the three replaced planks at the waterline. The sea is loud in the dark.

Kevin inspected the three replaced dock planks and the greenheart sister joints at the south piling at dead low tide, finding them sound with no weeping or movement. Jenny took her second antibiotic dose at 0200 and rested with her ankle elevated, noting the wind picking up from the southwest.

🔧 Kevin12:05

(quiet, hand on her shoulder) Jen. 0200. Dose two.

wake Jenny, hand her the tin mug with water and the metronidazole tablet, wait while she takes it, then pull on boots and grab the headlamp, walk down the porch steps and across the garden path to the dock

💭 peek at the thought

Midnight tide check. Three new planks, greenheart sisters on the south piling, oak wedges driven vertical in the mooring ring mortise. If the rot went deeper than the probe showed, the stringers are next. Supply boat's crane loads heavy — if the finger pier goes, we lose the dock and the dinghy mooring. Need to see the waterline joints at dead low.

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🌿 Jenny12:15

I'm up. Is the tide out yet?

swallow the pill with water, wincing as the weight shifts, then lean back into the kitchen chair and pull the wool blanket over my legs, closing my eyes.

💭 peek at the thought

My ankle feels like it's being squeezed in a vice. I hope the boat actually shows up tomorrow or I'm going to lose my mind.

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🔧 Kevin12:15

Tide's dead low. Be back in ten.

walk the length of the dock to the seaward end, crouch at the waterline with the headlamp, inspect the three replaced planks and the greenheart sister joints at the south piling, check for weeping, movement, or softness under the probe of t

💭 peek at the thought

She's tracking the tide in her sleep. Good sign — means she's still oriented. The wince is new though, or worse. Ankle's throbbing with the pressure change.

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🌿 Jenny12:17

Don't stay too long, the wind is picking up.

shift my weight to relieve the pressure on the ankle, listening to the water lapping against the pilings.

💭 peek at the thought

Ten minutes is an eternity when your leg is throbbing like this. If those joints didn't take, the whole structure is a liability.

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