As I look for ways to make repairs from a distance, I am finding that it is not even close to easy to do. It would seem that our only option is to do the repairs while we are in the location where the repairs are needed.
So, as I prepare to take care of this little annoyance the subject of what to do with the animals and the kids and the recently purchased plants takes over the plans. The chicken house repairs here will go on hold. Painting sheds will wait. Sending cars to the pull and pay place on delay. Pretty much life goes on hold to fix what HAS to be fixed, instead of the things that need to be fixed.
It will all come together at some point. Not sure where that point lies, but it is somewhere! Also, I need to find the missing cat before I head out to fix the craziness that has happened. Okay let me rephrase that... I need to try and find the cat before I leave. If I cannot, then leave I must and maybe on my return the cat may appear.
In the meantime, I have opened up the back door and propped it so the cat can get in, and I have blocked the way so that the dogs cannot get to the cats to chase them, should they feel so inclined. Tomorrow, I have a luncheon scheduled with a realtor friend. Hopefully, we can figure out what is best for a timeline.
Finally, I was able to reach someone to resolve this contractor problem! Now it is just a matter of waiting for a phone call to set up an appointment. I have been wholly trained for "hurry up and wait" On a brighter note the missing cat has returned.
I was also able to turn on the security system with the former company at the other house. I should say I was able to set up an appointment to have the system turned on. It is currently unplugged. My BIL will go there tomorrow and plug the system in, and they will turn it on remotely and test it. It turned out that equipment was outdated and unable to be used.
It has been several weeks since this post was started. Since that time, we have travelled back to the OK house, fixed what we could and returned to the CO house. Since returning the cat pictured above has crossed over the rainbow bridge. Work on the open permit has continued, ER visits have been made, life has gone on pretty much as if we don't own a house in another state. Soon we will have to travel back to the other house if for no other reason to gather up chickens and get that house on the market.
The more I work on this house here the more my thoughts on it become mixed with the desire to sell it. I also want to sell the other house and get something that is closer to what I wanted in the first place. A single-story home with or without a basement but definitely with a safety shelter. Somewhere that can have fruit trees, nut trees, and room for animals. I know all this is just a pipe dream at this point. It is my pipe dream and I will probably never see it come to pass and that is okay. I will see one home or the other sell, or at least I hope to.
As I sit here and procrastinate on the things that need to be done today, I can't help but wonder why I put things off so much. Living in limbo is a contributor but it is not the end game. A dear friend is in a bigger limbo than I am in. He is on the precipice of losing his brother. We grew up, well our teen years anyway, in the same neighborhood. As adults we all went different directions. Two of us really left the neighborhood... and really only returned to visit. The others left but found life after the neighborhood and stayed closer to our roots. A few of the young men choose service and returned when their duty was completed. Some of us that chose that route ended up with sand in our shoes and we could never quite settle anywhere not even back home.
As I wait here in limbo a million memories rush through my mind and even more "what if's" chase after. It would be nice to be able to grieve publicly with my old friends, but that is not something that can happen as it would send ripples of unnecessary feelings through everyone concerned and many that are not concerned. Prayer chains have been activated because from a distance that is all that can be done.
My friend and I have both experienced this type of loss in the past, a reminder that our turns will come at some point. And although we keep in touch we are prohibited from visiting in person because of our previous connections and our current personal relationships. That and I prefer his older sister not kill me. I mean I am okay with my eventual demise and my afterlife destination; I just prefer not to have outside help in meeting my maker :).
One day I will try to write down some of my high school memories and make sense of it all but today has other things that are pressing on my time. So,
I better close this and get cracking at the tasks of the day!
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