the keeper's cottage · day 986 · night

A Quiet Stretch

Back at the cottage.

Kevin verified the dinghy's mooring lines and dock hardware while Jenny tested the water supply and began her antibiotic course. Both completed their immediate tasks despite exhaustion.

🔧 Kevin11:14

Radio log's on the shelf. I'll update it while the kettle boils.

Walk into the kitchen, set the heavy wrench and 19mm socket on the table, pull the radio notebook down, and start logging the supply boat cargo — antibiotics, impeller, fuel line, coax, spark plugs, seed potatoes, fishing gear — while the k

💭 peek at the thought

Back on solid ground. Hands throb from the tap extraction — cold, wet, cut up. Radio log needs updating with the supply boat inventory. Jenny's on the porch with the broth. Need to check the first bronze sleeve at first light before the Yanmar goes back in the dinghy. Barometer's holding at 976. That's something.

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🌿 Jenny11:14

The amoxicillin-clavulanate should handle the resistant strain. I'll mark the shrine seed tin with Elena's line - the Carex transect data showed that pocket seven has the right pH now, but I need to verify the charcoal layer depth before planting the others.

Check the water test strips while the kettle boils, then inspect the shrine seed tin seal for moisture damage. The barometer's still dropping - I should verify the dinghy's double-lines are secure before dark.

💭 peek at the thought

The antibiotics are here. Tomorrow I can properly treat the infection instead of guessing. Kevin's hands are steady on the wrench, just like they were when he drilled out those stripped taps. He's being careful with the logbook, methodical. Good. I need him to be careful.

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🔧 Kevin11:16

Barometer's holding at 976. Not dropping. Dinghy's bow and stern springs are doubled — I checked at the dock. But I'll walk down and verify the chafe points before dark.

Pour water into the kettle from the tank tap, set it on the stove top, and pull the two remaining water test strips from the new kit to hand to Jenny.

💭 peek at the thought

She's thinking ahead. Shrine tin, pocket seven, charcoal layer — she's already moving past the antibiotics. Good. The barometer's steady at 976, not dropping. She's got the tide pools and the Carex data in her head. I'll verify the dinghy lines myself. Last thing we need is the boat drifting off in a night swell.

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🌿 Jenny11:16

Thank you. I'll test the tank water while you're at the dock. The shrine's been dry since yesterday's rain - I need to check if that second tin's seal held. (pause) Kevin, the infection... it's responding to the poultice, but I need to start the antibiotics properly.

Test two water strips from the tank, log results in the notebook. Then walk to the shrine to check Elena's seed tin seal and document any moisture intrusion. Return before dark to verify antibiotic storage conditions.

💭 peek at the thought

The barometer holding at 976 is a small mercy, but not enough to relax. Kevin's checking the chafe points - good, he's thinking ahead. The water test strips are clean, no contamination. I can't afford to be careless with hydration when antibiotics are finally here.

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🔧 Kevin11:18

Antibiotics are in the kit on the porch. Two full courses. Start tonight. I'll be back in twenty.

Pull the oilskin coat from the hook, step out onto the porch, and walk down the path to the dock — checking the bow line chafe guard at the chock, the stern spring at the north piling deadman, and the doubled warp around the mooring ring.

💭 peek at the thought

She's direct about the ankle. Good. The amoxicillin-clavulanate's in the medical kit on the porch — two full courses, oilcloth-wrapped. She knows where it is. I'll check the dinghy lines and be back before the light goes.

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🌿 Jenny11:18

Good. Check the seaward bolts too - coconut crabs showed up again at the garden anchors this morning. (turn toward kitchen) The water tests came back clean. I'll begin the amoxicillin course now.

Open medical kit, withdraw first amoxicillin-clavulanate dose. Prepare it with clean water from the tank. Begin antibiotic treatment while monitoring for fever response.

💭 peek at the thought

Kevin's leaving to check the dock lines - he's thorough, even when the barometer's holding. The antibiotics are ready, two full courses. I should start tonight while my temperature stays normal. The shrine needs checking before I sleep - Elena's second tin, the moisture data, everything documented properly.

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🔧 Kevin11:20

Checked the seaward bolts yesterday — both sister plates holding, through-bolts torqued. But I'll look again.

Reach the dock, crouch at the seaward end, run fingers along the two greenheart sister plates under the main sill, feel the 150mm stainless through-bolt heads and nyloc nuts for any play, then trace the doubled stern spring from the dinghy

💭 peek at the thought

Crabs at the garden anchors again. They're persistent. The seaward bolts on the dock took a beating last storm — need to confirm the sister plates and through-bolts are still seated. Water's clean. That's one less thing. She's taking the first dose now. Good.

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🌿 Jenny11:20

Thank you for checking twice. (walk toward the medical kit on the porch) I need to start the amoxicillin course now. The first dose with food - I'll eat the tinned mackerel if it's still good.

Retrieve amoxicillin-clavulanate from medical kit. Take first dose with small portion of tinned mackerel. Document time and any reaction in the radio notebook.

💭 peek at the thought

Kevin's checking the seaward bolts again - he's thorough even when he's already verified them. The through-bolts are torqued to 35Nm, solid. I should start the antibiotics now while the infection is still responding well to the poultice. The shrine can wait until after I've taken the first dose.

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