Gary’s post: Another morning in New Mexico @ 5:30am. Still recovering from yesterday. Movers showed up and packed all our stuff into my workshop to store for the next 8 – 12 months. As you can see from the above photo, you can barely close the garage door. I managed to hurt my shoulder yesterday, so I can’t move anything until it gets better. That makes finding anything in this mess difficult. To top it off, we’re supposed to have a garage door opener installed on Friday which would make things a lot easier. We’ll see how things go in the next couple of days. Need to rest the shoulder so I can move some of my youngest’s stuff over to our rented storage space. It’ll be an adventure finding all his stuff in this jumble.
More work with contractors today. Meeting with the fence guy to finalize the entrance gate design. Decided to add a “man” gate and shorten the overall car entrance. That should make things easier. We’ll see how this evolves. I’ll post some pictures of the progress. Hopefully it will make things a lot easier on everyone.
It’s interesting about how our focus has changed from our living situation in Renton, Washington. With our closing happening tomorrow, we’re focused on the simple things and adjusting to living in a 5th wheel for the next 8 – 10 months. The basic things, like getting well water to the trailer, finding a contractor to install a wastewater holding tank, getting reliable internet set up (Starlink is working well so far). And trying to get too involved in the Federal craziness that our current President is creating with his band of minions. This current government reminds me of watching the movie “Minions”. Enough commentary – this isn’t a political blog.
The “To-Do” list seems to keep getting longer and longer. Still need to get a NM drivers license, register the truck and trailer and redo insurance. Then there’s the work on the property. I’ll be meeting (hopefully) with the electrician to get the EV charger installed somehow, our contractor to work out a budget for building the house, installing lights on the workshop, getting more gravel for parking and walking areas… so much fun.
Our property (and most of NM) is largely dirt, so when it rains it becomes largely mud which sticks to everything including our dog. It hasn’t rained here in over 100 days, so hopefully next week I can get some gravel delivered and spread. Then it’ll be a war with the weed which are impossible to kill. I think they thrive on weed killer. They grow in anything and everywhere. And the weeds with sticky pokers love to get entangled in Harp’s fur. Then there’s the “Goatheads”, which have a sharp burr on them and like to puncture everything and poke Harp’s paws. Can’t wait until spring – not. In the meantime, we’ll keep plodding along, working on getting the house built and cleaning. Did I mention the New Mexico dust. Loves to cover everything when the wind blows, which is pretty much every day. Inspite of all this, this state and place is still beautiful, with good people and great food. I’m still adjusting to small town living, but I’ll get there. I just need to get past the 10-minute wait at a restaurant when there’s open tables because there’s not enough servers to cover all the tables. Happens a lot here.
Enough for today. Need to get started on my day, rest my shoulder and keep focused on getting myself retired and the property ready for building. Hoping to get the foundation pinned out tomorrow. Everyone works at a slower, more relaxed pace here. Need to get used to that and slow down…..
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