I’m at the laundromat, someplace I haven’t been in years! Mike is off getting coffee and breakfast with the kids. Tons of people have offered to let us come use their washer and dryer, but I’ll be honest with two little kids we have a TON of laundry and it’s nice to use the super enormous and fast washers and do 6 loads at once. Plus, I’m here alone and that’s always nice.
Last weekend we took a little break from trailer living and headed up to Mike’s parents lake house. It was nice to have some space and do some laundry there. Plus, I didn’t have to pack much since I took all the laundry.
Late last week and this week, they’ve only worked on the house a couple of days, but it’s coming along. Below are some pictures. You probably aren’t sure what you are looking at, but all that matters is that it’s progress. And I have no idea why we have a dumpster if it’s apparently too far away to bother putting anything in it.
The delay has really been caused by what is pictured below. Most of you don’t know what you are even looking at, but that’s a temporary power pedestal without power. Somehow the work orders to get it power and get the meter pulled from the house so they can finish demo and dig haven’t been linked together and it’s led to some inefficiency that is holding up the project. Good news is that late Friday afternoon they finally pulled the meter, so a hole should appear in the yard on Tuesday.
Our internet company came out and moved our router so we have wi-fi. The solution involved duct tape and running the line through a hole that the previous owners left in the detached garage. It’s the perfect solution for anyone living in a trailer. The problem is that the garage is metal, so you have to open the garage door to get internet.
Some people have asked me about our animals. The cats are all living in the tack room and they sit at the house door trying to get it sometimes. They are starving for attention, but we try to pet them in the evenings when we’re outside. Lola desperately wants in the trailer and Darwin doesn’t understand why they can’t come in. They are doing as well as can be expected.
Luna spends her nights outside just the way she likes it and then we kennel her in the barn so she doesn’t bark at the workers all day. We put her in the backyard still because she seems to stay away from all the piles of tile and boards for the most part.
The electrician is coming out today to finally run the proper power for the trailer. Mike and I think this will be a game changer for us because we can finally run the fridge, water heater and microwave without turning the AC off first. We will also finally have a place to plug in a fridge that won’t be occasionally losing power which means we can grocery shop again. I am so sick of fast food and take out!
