We had a date to set the house stakes for yesterday morning at 8:30. Well, it poured rain all night and all morning. We cancelled.
Thirty minutes later – out comes the sun. Along with the sun came massive winds. So, we did some errands and cooled out heels.
Early afternoon, sun is still shining, wind still howling, but we reschedule. As we drive to the property, there are huge black clouds to the north.
We get to the property and shortly thereafter, the hail starts. Of course! However, Mother Nature did not thwart us! The stakes are set! It is amazing to me that the house footprint looks so tiny. It is not a huge home to begin with, but I look at those stakes and I am bewildered. I think it has to do with the scale of the trees and the sky and the land. I am told that the house size will change in my head several times over the construction time. It will look tiny, then large, then small and so forth.
While we were staking, the other crew was attempting to drill under the road. This is a rocky Island. There are glacial remnants. Apparently, the drill was thwarted by such. Dang. Plan “B” is being formulated. It is frustrating that we have to drill because the power company gave us a “bad” map.
So, we take steps forward and move chess pieces backwards. It is a huge game and we want to win. No, we will win.