Ah, there’s nothing like opening the front door in the morning to survey your very own 5,000 square feet of land. The birds are chirping, the sun is shining, and it’s going to be a gorgeous day!

My first night at home was good, but not as spectacular as if I had gone straight from Mexico to here. I’ve had many equally dark and quiet nights since I left Isla a month ago and certainly more comfortable beds! My bed isn’t bad, but I really do need a topper, which I’ve discovered means deeper sheets, so it’s really a more pricey project than I had a realised.

I fell asleep reading on my iPad last night and woke up flat on my back nearly eight hours later with the tablet on my chest. Too funny!

There’s so much to do in the next weeks. I still have mountains of laundry to wash and tons of bags and boxes to unpack. Miranda needs a good dusting and cobweb removal. I have to finishing set up the kitchen and work on my grocery list for Moose Jaw.

Outside, I want to finishing cleaning up the shed floor and then paint the inside (I think I have enough exterior paint left to do that), then set it up like a proper shed so that I can empty out the cabin and start thinking about what I’m going to do to make it a liveable space. In the meantime, I’d settle for a cleaner and more functional laundry space (my washer still works great!) because the cabin is a mess. I can’t get to the freezer or even the lawnmower. Oh, right, lawnmower. I might try to get to the lawn this afternoon. The grass is really tall!

Work is apparently incoming later today or tomorrow so it’ll be time to figure out what sort of routine I want with that. I think I’ll do five intense days a week and two shorter ones. My government contract is done for the year, so I don’t have anything lucrative lined up, just steady stuff with piddly pay. Better than nothing, but I need to dig for something juicier.

My budgetary focus for the summer is the trip down to Mexico in the fall, as well as my first month or two there, rather than the property. I have lots to keep me busy here that won’t require spending a lot of money, so I’m just going to enjoy being in my own space and puttering around. C&C are doing more work on their house, mainly roofing so that will occupy some of my time, too. I’m really not worried about being bored! I intend to savour these quiet contemplative days knowing that I’ll soon enough be back to the hustle and bustle of my Mexican abode. Talk about the best of both worlds. I continue to be in awe of myself for somehow managing to create this unbelievably amazing life!