Demolition derby
As I type this, I am listening to the noises of yardworkers cutting down the big tree behind my carport -- the one that helped me imagine I wasn't living in a desert.
Work proceeds on building new houses on the moonbase, moving people from the old neighborhood to the new, and preparing to tear down the old (to make way for more new houses). The trees two streets up from our street were cut down two or three weeks ago. The shrubs in our front yard were cut down last week. A few saplings have been left standing here and there. I don't know how it was determined to leave them; I'm hoping they happen not to be in the footprint of a new house, and will therefore be allowed to remain permanently. We have so few trees here.
On the bright side, aristeros and I will be moving into a brand new house even sooner than expected. We had been told we'd sign our new lease and get our new keys March 21, with a moving truck to be scheduled to move our furniture the following week. Last night, the lady from the housing company stopped by in person to tell us that we'll probably move next week instead. Chris immediately got to work putting 16 shelves' worth of books into boxes before he took a break.
We're looking forward to the new house. It will be plenty roomy for the two of us, with at least 1700 square feet of space. By contrast, our current house has 1250 ft^2, and I think our apartment had around 800 or 900. It'll be nice to have a two-car garage, too, so Chris won't have to worry about blocking me in. But we won't have trees behind our house anymore. The new houses have just a tiny patch of grass for a backyard, and gravel in front with a few desert-hardy plants stuck in it. I haven't seen any clotheslines in the new neighborhood, either.
I hope we get an agave in our front yard. They're cool-looking.
Work proceeds on building new houses on the moonbase, moving people from the old neighborhood to the new, and preparing to tear down the old (to make way for more new houses). The trees two streets up from our street were cut down two or three weeks ago. The shrubs in our front yard were cut down last week. A few saplings have been left standing here and there. I don't know how it was determined to leave them; I'm hoping they happen not to be in the footprint of a new house, and will therefore be allowed to remain permanently. We have so few trees here.
On the bright side, aristeros and I will be moving into a brand new house even sooner than expected. We had been told we'd sign our new lease and get our new keys March 21, with a moving truck to be scheduled to move our furniture the following week. Last night, the lady from the housing company stopped by in person to tell us that we'll probably move next week instead. Chris immediately got to work putting 16 shelves' worth of books into boxes before he took a break.
We're looking forward to the new house. It will be plenty roomy for the two of us, with at least 1700 square feet of space. By contrast, our current house has 1250 ft^2, and I think our apartment had around 800 or 900. It'll be nice to have a two-car garage, too, so Chris won't have to worry about blocking me in. But we won't have trees behind our house anymore. The new houses have just a tiny patch of grass for a backyard, and gravel in front with a few desert-hardy plants stuck in it. I haven't seen any clotheslines in the new neighborhood, either.
I hope we get an agave in our front yard. They're cool-looking.