Mission Completion
I am heading back to the job site this morning. I accomplished what I came here for and feel reasonably confident about what I am leaving behind. I am still worried about hubs, but I feel assured by the fact that he is worried about himself, as well. It helps me believe that he will ply the extra self-care the situation calls for. The decline and passing of both parents is allot to process. He has been on a physical, emotional and mental marathon course since his mother's stroke 5(?) years ago. I only lost a couple of in-laws. I gots plenty more, complete with in-law jokes for each of them. Did you hear the one about. . .? Beehaving now.
The house looks good, though, and that was the official goal of the mission. The new influx of stuff from the tri-city shuffle had yet to be assimilated and it was, indeed, a chaotic mess. If only emotional clutter was so easy to organize. . . Still, sorting the emotional is easier with a few open physical spaces to sort in.
Now to sort just what it is I am working on up there in Bumfuck, Texas. Still haven't fixed that isolation issue. Works in progress.
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Thanks for the information about the "urban homesteading" in your area. I'll definitely look at the link when I'm caught up on my work. Completing a Mission is good, yes?
"Urban Agriculture" is the more common catch phrase. Even my some of my environmental science cohorts are a bit shocked by my use of "Urban Homestead." To some of them, "Homestead" has come to mean, "Small Town Hippie Commune." Give a surf to vertical farming and bioremediation, as well. Some of us have taken note of the land shortage and its far-reaching effects. Today's small towns have got the brightest lights and the most devout carbarians, world wide. When I am on my way to a wilderness retreat, I keep my car doors locked extra tight when I have to pass through small towns.
Yes, completing a mission is good. At least. . . That's my prayer and I'm sticking to it.