zesty_pinto | Digging a Hole, Getting Out of It

The leak situation continues to be something that looks worse and worse each time I look at it. Initially, the hole in front of our property was something, now it expended several times over. They dug into our neighbor's driveway to get at a pipe. They dug into their neighbor's driveway to get at that pipe. This has been going on for about three weeks now. The plumbers are stressed out about this and they're using power from our unit to make this happen while parking their equipment in our driveway without any form of advanced warning. It's miserable.

My boss is aware of the situation here and was told I can work from home until this is done after I took a second day off in annoyance at how impossible it is to go to work while they're parked in front of our garage, so there's that.

So based on this, does it mean that they're done? Nope. They're still outside as I type this.

Since this problem has been happening since November, we discussed it more and how things keep breaking down and at this rate they are probably creating a sinkhole, so out of curiosity I looked around for another rental and we found one. Better unit, outdoor porch, only 30-40 less square feet and 50 more in an area with a stronger HOA so is better maintained (I probably will regret it but still).

So we're moving. Signed the lease, starting to go in May. We'll do the slow transition in a monthly overlap.

This year is going to stay a busy one for us. We didn't even have time to do much in the way of outdoor activities. Michelle's grandmother did have her 90th birthday though so both me and Michelle were taking photos through it. 1200 shots. Took care of it all yesterday.

We need to work on clearing stuff we don't need, storing things we like, and then crating things that will be part of our first move which is honestly not going to be hard early on. It's literally three blocks away, so doing this by ourselves early one is not going to be difficult. After that, we also need to plan to clean up and fix the home.

Need to point out after this we're going to also be dealing a bachelorette party for Michelle's friend, a few birthdays, a bridal shower, and of course the trip to Iceland.

Busy months to come.