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Tomorrow we are getting two shipping containers delivered, they are about as secure as anything we can possibly use for storage. If we do not secure our tools and supplies, they will be stolen. We've been told this by a few of the locals. Once we have secured our belongings, Mike is free to come home and visit. One neighbor makes a fair amount of money reselling items he "finds" here locally. I'm not judging. This is an impoverished county. There are no jobs. There is no reason to believe things will improve any time soon. Obama's message of HOPE has not yet found its way to Dixie county, Florida.
Mike is coming home for a few days, maybe on Sunday, after he puts everything of value into the containers. He is a hard worker and he loves what he is doing, but at the end of a long day of hard work, he's alone, except for the dogs, and I can tell he misses me. I miss him and I'm glad he's coming home, but the novelty of traveling north every weekend has not yet worn off. I'll miss my stay in the woods this week, but I'll be happy to see Mike.
We had three dumptruck loads of limestone delivered this week. This is used to harden our roads and driveways. Even though we have four wheel drive vehicles, the dirt is sand based, and there are places you sink. Mike continued working on clearing and leveling space. Thank goodness for the tractor, For years, we hauled up push mowers, weed trimmers and pruning shears, making minor progress on clearing a liveable space. We should have bought a tractor years ago. I am in awe of how much work he has gotten done in such a short amount of time. To his credit, he is a very hard worker, but modern and large scale equipment have made immediate and noticeable progress.
The county is taking it's time giving us an ok to relocate the placement of our well and septic. We have an approval for these items, but when we bought the additional five acres we decided to relocate them. We want the county to sign off on the modification of these plans. One man, buildingcodeenforcer or something, will make this decision. He will ultimately approve it, because there is no health or safety reason to deny the request but he is making us wait, three weeks now. Once we have a well, I'll start cultivating garden soil and mulch piles.
I was talking to Michael this evening, and there were owls, making a lot of noise, in the background. I can not wait till I am able to be there full time.