Gary’s post: Today starts the dirt work on our house. Super exciting. We get a lull in the windstorms today, so hoping that we can get all the dirt dumped. The dirt work is to create a compressed building pad that’s 3′ above the current grade. That will take the house out of FEMA flood plain and reduce our insurance. Once the pad is compressed, then the plumbers come in and place the plumbing rough outs and the foundation is poured.
On the flip side, our youngest leaves today for his wildland firefighting training. He’s going north to Moab to spend a few days camping with some friends and doing mountain biking. Then he’s headed to Filmore, Utah for 8 months. He’ll be leaving his dog, Juni with us until he’s done. Hard on the dog as she’s really sensitive and bonded to him. I’m sure she’ll transition as she’s been with us for two years before this and it’ll be good for Harp.
Things are beginning to become a bit more routine, so that’s good. Hard to get Itron work done though as there’s always something happening that needs attention. This weekend will be cold with snow, which is rare here. That’ll limit what we can get done outside and in the “Where House” to organize things. We need to move all our wine into my brother-in-laws house until our place is built. That was supposed to happen this weekend. On the flip side, if it’s crummy and cold, then I’ll do taxes this weekend and get them off my plate. And I can get ready for Orlando travel on Wednesday.
I ordered some hydrant socks for the water hydrants that supply the RV. I was trying to keep them from freezing when it gets cold. I checked on the shipping as they are late. Well, typical Amazon, they shipped from Texas, arrived in Albuquerque, then went back to Texas and now are delayed in transit because of the severe weather in Texas. No wonder Amazon’s shipping is losing money, they have monkeys routing the packages! Ridiculous. And the saying “You get what you pay for”, is so true with Amazon.
Need to get out of my head today and be more positive. It’s hard living in this trailer all day w/o a lot of people contact. Just me and the dogs. I need to start working on reaching out to my kids more and connecting via video and voice to stay engaged with them. I tend to be more of a hermit and just be a grumpy old man. REALLY need to stop that behavior and mind set. Hopefully it’ll get better as we have contractors coming every day.
Short post today. Need to get moving and get Jay out the door, lots of work meetings and I need to schedule some meeting for next week in Orlando.
Blog ya’ later….
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