Apocalyptic Homesteading (Day 1193)

Hello Everyone!

Some interrupted slumber, Making excuses to myself, More land hunting & The real estate runaround!

Alright, I am running about thirty-two minutes behind schedule on my writing routine due to letting myself getting super sucked into doing more land research... instead of writing. I guess the latter really does not take precedent over the former... but I really dislike getting off track with my routines.

Somehow I managed to get to bed rather early last night... but wound up sleeping in regardless of that fact so go figure. A big part of that is because my elder dog woke me up in the middle of the night... and of course I had to get up and tend to her which does not bother me or anything... but yeah it made for a big interruption to my sleep cycle.

Per usual all that I had to do was roll her onto her other side to ease her discomfort... but I of course spent some time petting and soothing her as well. What apparently happens is she drags herself around into an awkward position... and then cannot quite maneuver her hindquarters enough to get out of it again.

This week I am supposed to schedule a vet appointment for her to be euthanized... but I keep finding every reason possible to procrastinate doing it. If she was actually suffering constantly or anything I would be doing it fast as fuck... but she just has short-lived bouts of discomfort... and I keep looking at her and thinking: The old girl still has a lot of life in her!

As heartbreaking as it is, she is a disabled dog at this point... and there just is not anything that I could do about it... and dragging the process out is not doing her (nor me) any favors. Having done a lot of hard things in my life... and equally having faced some incredible challenges... parting with her is topping all of them.

Anyways, this morning I did my usual Hive engagement routine before diving full tilt into the land search and making correspondences again... and found one new prospect along the way. It is really the best place that I have found yet given how remote it is and how unrestricted the zoning is... but unfortunately the only way to get to it is via an ATV (all terrain vehicle) which is not something that I have.

I even contacted the realtor about it and honestly that turned into a bit of a mess... because on the website it gave me options to ask questions... and I could choose how to contact me (in response) and although I chose 'email' they immediately texted me that I would be connected to the realtor. Then in the automated email it was like 'use reply all' to contact the agent (which I did) but the only reply I got from them was something like: We will call you shortly.

They never frigging called or answered my questions (in the email) about the place either... which really got me in quite the mood... because I cannot stand giving out my phone number in the first frigging place. Of course I do not appreciate getting my chain yanked on 'being contacted' either... because that meant that I had to then carry the phone around with me... which just is not something that I do at this point in life.

Now I am dreading getting spam calls and text messages... because that seems to always happen anytime I share a phone number with any company or business. It is just so frigging lame the way that I have to give up some aspect of my privacy to do almost anything these days... and then subsequently have to worry about my information being sold to boot! Okay, I got into a bit of a rant there about that but I am glad that I got it out of my system... because it has been bugging me for most of the day now.

Overall though, the day was rather productive in many ways... because I got to figure out what the game plan is more in regards to once I actually get moved. Given the tight budget that we are on to get a place... and make it habitable in short order... we are now looking at inexpensive tiny houses that can be bought off of Amazon of all places.

Honestly, I can live in damn near anything that keeps the rain and most of the wind off of me... but given that most of the places will get some kind of inspection by the local zoning (code enforcement) agencies... it really is better to play it safe. That one super remote place that I mentioned probably will not have that particular challenge... but given that it is in bear country a tent will not work so well once they become active for the year.

As much as I enjoy a good challenge and all... and do not mind 'living ruggedly' until I can get everything setup... I am not completely frigging crazy when it comes to things like bears. Getting out in the middle of nowhere is one thing when it is just for a short jaunt or weekend expedition... but being somewhere like that full time and having food around (and especially cooking) is a recipe for disaster in my perspective.

Well, I have gone all over the place in this entry... and never really wrote about what I did with my day... but basically I was 'eyes deep' in looking at land, talking to folks... and only got my routine chores done just before the sun began to sink over the horizon. I am probably going to have many more days like that to come as I keep trying to figure things out... so wish me luck!

I hope that everyone is doing well and 'taking the good with the bad' which is a saying that I recently got reminded of! Ta ta for now.