Week 2 in New House & School
Sub Alpine Pine – Echo Lake, CO
It’s been almost a full 2 weeks now since we moved into the new house which is still undergoing renovation construction. Needless to say, it’s a challenge to live without kitchen facilities – but we are oh so close. We now have counter tops, a sink with faucet, lights and our appliances will be delivered this Thursday which hopefully means that we will have a functional kitchen by next weekend. Yesterday, we also moved our daughter out of our bedroom into her own – whew – I no longer have to circumvent her mattress and myriad of stuffed animals and blankies to get to my side of the bed. (Yes – 11, almost 12 year olds still have lovies…Jasmine would be mortified if she knew I told anyone! ;D)
Meanwhile, Jasmine and I have both started school and are in full swing. She loves Japanese – though I can’t make heads or tails of the language myself. As long as she gets it, that’s all that is important. I have already been on 1 field trip into nature and am heading out this morning to Mt. Evans with my Landscape Ecology class. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Colorado, Mt. Evans is one of Colorado State’s ’14 rs’ – meaning that elevation at the summit is over 14,000′ above sea level. We have to leave early because weather normally sets in after 12pm making the visit very uncomfortable and also potentially dangerous. I personally have no desire to be up close and personal with lightening at 14,000′. We also have to visit this alpine/montane region now because the road to the summit closes next weekend due to snow. Yikes, did I say snow? I sure hope that I have enough clothing along today!
Hope everyone has a terrific week,
Cynthia
andrea
August 30, 2009 at 8:27 am //
I can’t even begin to imagine how hard it is to move, renovate and start school at the same time but admire your energy and attitude. And updating your blog! You are my hero.
Cynthia
August 30, 2009 at 8:41 pm //
hehehe – not sure about “hero” – but I am taking cues from AA. “One day at a time…”
It’s a little stressful, but only when I dwell on it
meredith
August 30, 2009 at 6:51 pm //
SNOW! Really!? I am not ready!
Although I was in Colorado in September ( back in 1973) and we were caught in a snow storm.
Cynthia
August 30, 2009 at 8:42 pm //
We actually got a few flurries this morning and it was 42 degrees at the summit. Although I didn’t originally want to spend my Sunday on a field trip – I’m glad I went. It was a really interesting day!
Linda Starr
August 30, 2009 at 11:26 pm //
Wow, that’s high, what a fun trip though.Hope your home remodeling gets done quickly. No kitchen, that’s got to be tough.
Cynthia
August 31, 2009 at 5:23 am //
Me too, Linda – me too! It’s sort of tiring knowing that people will be in one’s house nearly every day. Mt. Evans on the other hand was awesome. I can’t believe that I’ve lived in Colorado for over 15 years (not consecutively and I’ve never been to the summit before.
jim
August 31, 2009 at 7:40 am //
this too will pass… when i bought the house i’m in now, i worked on the downstairs and we had no kitchen for 2 years. dishes in the bathtub and an old stove upstairs. maybe this had something to do with the divorce? nah
Cynthia
August 31, 2009 at 4:23 pm //
I might just about go crazy if I didn’t have a kitchen for 2 years! That’s hard core…
LB
September 2, 2009 at 3:03 am //
How exciting! I hope you are enjoying your new space!
school of arts
September 8, 2009 at 12:00 am //
I want to see your new house, I can image how beautiful the place you are living.