Or you can say Power! What an exciting, fun last week it has been. On Friday our local power company came out and finished the power. So thankful that one of our main utilities is done. We have now heard from our well company and our sewer company. They are both telling us that they will both be in and up and running before we head back to Oregon in June to welcome our third grandchild. Sewer company will be out this week to look at ground and be sure they are good to go. Well company is saying beginning of June as they were delayed (shut down) 5 weeks due to local weather. Even though it is longer than we had hoped or anticipated, it will be all good. I have told myself from the beginning that as long as we had the apartment fully functional by the time we left in June, I would be very happy and that still looks like it is going to happen. When we come back home after our trip to Oregon we can transition to the apartment and 3 modern utilities! In the mean time we continue water/shower rations and pretend like we are in a third world country and not flush any paper products. We have been so grateful to have everything we need just a short distance away. Yes it sucks to not be able to take showers as often and as long as you would like, but in the grand scheme of things not a big deal. Hoping the local laundry mat will not shut down before we have a well, but if so then we just travel to the next town over that has one too.
Chad has been working everyday for the last 6 days and has the apartment completely framed, plumbed and will have electricity done today!!! You really do not want to see all the pictures the kids have been taking of that happening!!! Never said we were OSHA or MSHA approved. Doors and sheet rock come next! Still need to find some appliances and was hoping to find those used, but we will see. The online garage sale atmosphere is not as booming in this area LOL. It is getting exciting, but I am not gonna say that I have not come to find comfort and contentment in our trailer. Don’t get me wrong there is so many things I am looking forward to that are full size, but our little trailer has become home after 7+ months and I feel so blessed to have this opportunity and option.
We started checking out schools last week!! eeeeekkkk! Hailey and I went and toured one of the high schools. It was an amazing experience with amazing humans welcoming and answering questions. We spent 1.5 hours with the counselor and various teachers and staff. We did find out that she would have to be an out of district for that school (boo boo face), but we will apply and see. I spoke with the elementary school yesterday and we will go and visit there tomorrow with Ema and Dom. The principle/superintendent was an amazing presence even through the phone. So full of life and excitement. The kids are actually going to go today to check out their hunting/bow club after school and tomorrow after school they are gonna go check out their STEAM program (which is a stem program), currently working with drones and coding and next year will be doing robotics! Filled my mama heart with joy to find a leader so very excited to be where they were at and bring new things to kids. I have been making some contacts for 4-H and finding a place for Hailey to ride and am currently working on that. We found Ema a dance place and she will begin there this summer at a camp and then in the fall when they start back up. Ema has continued with her violin teacher/class that she had while in Oregon. They arranged and made it possible for her to be able to attend via Zoom and that has been wonderful. Hailey and I will check out the other high school option probably next week and hope we have just as an amazing of an experience as the first.
Again thank you so much for continuing to follow us on our journey. We hope through our journey, our writing and our experience maybe, just maybe one person will gain some positive perspective or desire to be brave.
