Countdown Begins

Life is grand!

i have been investing in Karma for many years. Karma sent me a check, and i'm gonna cash this one... i have found my Gilligan's Island and i'm moving there in a month. Dropping out of what has been my daily life for so many years. And dropping in to a whole new life.

i always envisioned GI as tropical... Somewhere within ten degrees of the Equator. A place with palm trees to hang my hammock. Who would have thought it would be forty-one degrees from the Equator? And snow there? i guess it's gonna be Two Pines and a Hammock instead of Two Palms. And i couldn't be happier.

We're going to be building an Ecovillage there. The families i'll be joining are awesome and this is an incredible vision and location... (More on that in future posts.) For now, i have a lot to do before leaving San Francisco... Projects on this home for Miss E. Projects for friends. Seems like i have never been busier with so many things to do.

In the last week, i've mostly rewired two rooms here, lowered the living room ceiling (wiring will be completed today), sheet-rocked and painted the living room ceiling (with help from Miss E), patched plaster in several rooms, gotten Ruby ready to sell. i also went to Sacramento for two days. While i was there, i got to help Dan fix his deck, rebuilt Rusty's Mom's shower valve & fixed her toilet, and went to Brick Oven Pizza to kill three hours. Feels great to help my friends with their projects. And i haven't been to The Brick for three years. The day i retired the first time. Before that it was two years. How great it was to see so many friends that i've known for up to twenty years!

Today i get to finish up the rewire of the living room and Miss E's bedroom. i also have to pick up electrical supplies to finish Mister and Missus Stiltskin's remodel starting on Sunday. And meet with a guy who wants to buy Ruby (and his mechanic). That's Ruby on the right. Bon Voyage, Ruby!

Tomorrow is caulk/putty/paint day for the woodwork and walls in the living room. Well, maybe not paint. We have a guest visitor and don't want to inconvenience her or subject her to the smell of paint if we don't have to.

i NEVER thought i would say this, but i have to get an MP3 player before going to Gilligan's Island North... That just dawned on me while i was driving home from Sacramento last night... Listening to rock and roll on the radio and realizing that there's not gonna be radio in/on/at GIN...

Off to the coffee store!