I’m starting to feel settled in Down on “D“ Farm. But there were definitely some challenges during this first week. There were moments that I was delighted to be here and moments when I was ready to grab my bags and my dog and head back to California.
Uncle Don joked that I was living like a pioneer. Well, I can hardly refer to myself as a pioneer. After all, I not only have electricity, I have a large screen television ( although I only get a handful of stations), I have a cell phone (although the service is intermittent), and I have my laptop computer with internet (albeit rather slow).
I thought the lack of heat in the house would be the biggest issue. However, even when the nights dropped into the 40s, the electric space heater I have on loan has gotten us by. But there is a cumulative effect trying to live in a house that whose average temperature is around 55 degrees. I am definitely looking forward to it getting warmer….. and it will. There were a couple of days in the high 60s last week. Before you know it we will be complaining that it is too hot.
A more significant issue last week was the unexpected lack of running water. The following is my journal entry for day three, back on “D” Farm:
“The plumbing may be fixed.”
And my entry on day four:
“The plumbing isn’t fixed.”
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