We’re Finally Camping
As of noon today we moved out of our tidy vacation rental. Goodbye pool, comfort and convenience and hello crumbling dilapidated house. It took two police payoffs for minor traffic infractions, a flat tire and lots of shopping at hardware stores, but at least we are in. Our house is now filled with all sorts of pipe, concrete, fittings, and fixtures - like Home Depot after an earthquake.
Our builder has jerry rigged some electricity and a few pumps to get water from our well. Various department stores around town have delivered us a refrigerator, oven, table and bed (all on time, and mostly undamaged - very impressive). We have even lucked out and gotten internet service seven days ahead of schedule (thank you Cablemas). One could say we now have all the creature comforts we require.
We sit here in our grand living room writing this exhausted after two full on days of sweating. As we look around, we are unsure how we will cope. Will the never-ending dust overwhelm us or will the dime-sized ants crawling about our feet drive us to distraction? More likely, the 95 degree heat and absence of any way to cool down will spur us to quickly wrap up the design process so building can commence and normal times return.
