On the road again

[afterburn 549]

It looks like you can get a chopper in there with some speed left over....that's all that really counts

[wdfifteen]

Just signed contracts to have a new structure built and 26kw worth of solar panels and a 10kw battery installed. The 30x50 building will be attached to the rather poorly constructed existing barn (the black rectangle in the photo. I don't need a barn that big, but that's what it'll have to be to hold enough solar panels. The floor of the east half of the barn (right side, in the photo) will be concrete, and I'll eventually finish the walls and ceiling. I'm moving my 2 post lift, and this will give me plenty of room.

I've had periods of bad depression over this whole thing. It's been a real roller coaster, from deep depression to cautious optimism. This past weekend was particularly bad, as I had to confront the reality that with all the work we have to do to get ready to abandon this place I probably won't have time to do much work on my Speedster.

Vicki suggested a little retail therapy, so I've been looking a new tractors.



The arrow is a Bradford Pear tree that has to come down. No great loss.

[GH85Carrera]

My dad was in the Air Force. We moved a LOT. I went to 11 different schools, and year after year I heard "class, this is Glen the new kid"

Until 3rd grade I was very shy and introverted, and I had no friends. I remember thinking on the way to school in 3rd grade, having no friends sucks. So on my first day in school I screwed up all my courage and walked up to 4 boys that were obvious friends with each other. I just introduced myself, and that year my mom even commented how many friends I had.

Of course we moved again, and I had to start over with new friends.

Now I can talk to anyone, anywhere. At my wife's 50th high school reunion I only knew my wife and one of her friends. They wanted to catch up with former classmates, so I was left alone with people from a small town. I chatted and with many different people, and had a good time.

I have started conversations in elevators, supermarkets, and big box hardware stores. My brother is the same way. His wife is always amazed how he can talk to any stranger.

[gacook]

I feel ya. I'm a mild introvert (need occasional social interaction but in small doses) and wife is an extreme introvert. She could literally never talk to other people and be OK with it, I think. That's a strain on us sometimes; can't imagine what it'd be like to have complete opposite ends of the spectrum cohabitating.

Best of luck on the move.