Four days ago I arrived at my new home in Michigan after spending 3 days driving a moving truck with towed vehicle from Texas to Michigan. Fortunately I had the help of my wonderful sister Lynne to help keep my spirits up and kick me in the butt whenever I balked at the next chore on the massive moving list. The entire trip was done under cloudy skies and intermittent showers and well under normal highway speeds. I never knew how long a trip could be when you don’t attempt to exceed the posted speed limits. Let me tell you, it’s long.
The home I purchased is not new and needs some real TLC to make it really livable. I’ve got contractors lined up to restore the wooded floors that fill most of the rooms, painters to cover the base coat already there, and looking into a new kitchen that wasn’t built in the late 50’s. Call it two months and it’ll be looking really fine but in the meantime I’m using my brother Ross’ camper trailer to live in while the work is done.
Cat’s hated the entire journey. Three days in carriers to keep them safe, in a towed car, left them confused, scared, and very jittery. Follow that with the strange noises they heard from their safe bedroom while my family helped get things situated for living there. They’ve since improved once everyone else left and I could free them from their bedroom to do some real exploring. They still don’t have total run of the place but as they realize nothing will be attacking them in this strange new environment the should mellow out.
Today I got the internet hooked up and so am making up for lost time. It’s funny how this one simple communication channel so dominates my life now. So much so that only subsisting on my mobile cell connection was totally unacceptable. Reception is weak almost everywhere at my new location and its a miracle to see 3 bars when 1 tends to dominate.
Once I get over the stress of the move, get my contractors started and start seeing some progress I hope to start working on my projects again. My wonderful writing group in Austin has given me a wealth of notes to revise the next draft of Built for Murder and I’m thinking a couple of dedicated months of work will see it completed, finally!
That’s all for now.
