I thought you might be interested in how we are currently spending our days during this phase of our build.
Mornings start fairly early, with the dogs wanting their breakfast by 6 am. Then we usually end up back in bed for a bit, just to stay warm, usually we have our phones or ipad nearby to check on the goings on in the world.
Our dog Maggie is usually the last one out of bed (the life of a dog!)
Our breakfasts can range from yogurt and cereal to eggs with all the trimmings. The builders usually arrive anywhere between 5 and 6, so we usually can watch them busy at work while we eat.
Often we touch-base with the builder early in the day to go over anything he or we have questions about and discuss the schedule and any concerns or issues.
Once we are fed and dressed for the day we often head over to our other property where we have our fruit trees and garden. We do watering, weeding, mowing, etc., keeping things in shape.
Lunch is usually a pretty simple event and we have a little shady spot we like to head to, to eat. By lunch time the temperature is usually getting up there (especially with the 40 degree days we are currently having), so we focus on staying cool.
Afternoons can involve a lot of things; do dishes or laundry, drive into town (Castlegar or Nelson) to get supplies, hide out in the trailer with the air conditioner on, do some work outside or help with the build, head to the beach and cool off in the river, etc.
We usually wait until the temps start to drop before we start supper, so we’ve been having late suppers the last while. We’ve been able to enjoy a lot of our home grown produce which has been fantastic. Last night we had beets, salad with strawberries all from our garden, delicious!
After that, we might; do dishes, work on our computers, play games, prep for the next day, or just chill out. It is usually dark by 9 so we are usually inside by then. We do have satellite TV, so we usually watch a small bit of TV before we go to sleep.
So this is life now, but once the house is framed, things will change drastically as we start the hands on portion of the build.
Aron eye update: You are probably wonder how Aron is doing with his eye injury. A couple weeks ago, at a visit to his Dr. in Kelowna we found out the eye was leaking a bit, so Aron had to wear a pressure patch for a few days. Luckly at the next Dr. visit, the leaking had stopped. As previously mentioned, the eye is so full of blood that no further assessment can be done until is clears out more. This is still the case, but the Dr. did indicate there were a few positives, one being that Aron can see light through his eye and the other that the blood in the eye is not right up against the cornea. So we are still optimistic, he will have a full recovery to the eye.
Recently he has been suffering from a lot of headaches, some so severe that he would be in bed for the day, not able to eat or do anything. We’ve had infection ruled out by a local Optomestrist, so we can only assume it is assoiciated with the injury or eye recovery process. We’ve been working on finding treatments for him to deal with the headaches, and we’ve found a few things that seem to work fairly well and let him stay relatively pain free and active.
We are heading to Kelowna again on Tuesday to see Dr. Yap. We are both hoping maybe this time the blood might be reduced enough for him to see in the eye and give a more thorough evaluation. I’ll let you know how things go.