New home

Oh my GOD!

When my mother said it was time to move I figured, okay, no pool and the business won't be ready and I'll have to paint the walls myself, but oh well, we will save on the rent. When I got there I was shocked.

Lots of Plywood and a chain with padlock is what greets me, (yes, you guessed it, no doors or windows). No electricity but for two outlets and two lights that light the property for the construction workers. The wiring isn't compete. The shower is outside, the bathroom at least had a working toilet and LOW sink which needs to be raised. The kitchen has no sink, counters, cupboards, etc. Basically it is barely floored (Incompletely as it still needs to be grouted).

So here I am day one and we are living like a squater on our own property, down to the cooking on the gas stove that is on cinder blocks on the floor (only reality check is that the fridge and freezer is plugged in)

I drive myself crazy for a half hour of boredom without Clark (my computer, which IS my life). After pondering how to survive the time I canabolize batteries from the tv remote to run my CD player and survive the night.

The big dog is afraid of heights so when night falls he needs the candle to climb the stairs. The puppy and cat however are happy.

As there are no window coverings, (remember plywood door here with plywood over windows on ground floor) the bedroom is open to all the light and sound of the world. (Let me just tell you now that little monkeys are DAMN loud and buses run at 5am right in front of the property)

Day two, not much better as it is a holiday after all. I rearrange/reassemble furnishings, and my mother helps bring the second load (we have so much crap that one truck couldn't hold it all), she also buys more batteries so I can survive Fat Tuesday.

Day three, explore neighborhood a bit, though not too far as padlock is only so trustworthy.

Day 4. Lights in Kitchen. Yeah

Day 5. CLARK. I get electricity upstairs and I can FINALLY turn on Clark. No phone, let alone internet yet but I don't care. I've stored up enough fan fiction to survive a week (and I'll pass the time viewing supernatural which I have but have yet to see)

Saturday, Yeah, 2 doors and 3 windows are being installed. It is amazing what can be acomplished when you are watching the workers instead of leaving them to do it alone.

Sunday of course was boring but at least I still have a fic stash to survive on.

Mon - DIRT, nice fertile dirt. scared the crap out of me since it arrived at night but hey.

Tue. - Shoveled said dirt into the proper place and got phone line installed. YEAH! depressed that I'm stuck with dial up between midnight and 6 am, but after no internet what so ever, I'll deal and bitch until they install broadband in the area.


Since the weekend is the time I can access the internet at better hours I'll upload pics then.