Waiting Game

I have to apologize for my lack of recent posts. Between work and school, I haven't had a chance to update. It seems like every year the kids get busier and busier, which only reaffirms my thought that we need a place to get away! I can't wait until we can just throw a backpack in the car and disappear together for the whole weekend. We are in a holding pattern as far as our progress is concerned. We hired an excavator to put in a driveway, clear the building site and dig a pit for the privy. We had to get a permit for the driveway which required a township inspector to take a look at the site. The man responsible for that task is a long haul trucker who is only in town from time to time. Ray talked to him last night and apparently he has been out to the site and declared that everything looked great. They have yet to cash the check for the permit fee or actually issue a written permit, but those seem to be insignificant details that only I am concerned about. Now that we have his blessing, our contractor can go ahead and bulldoze his heart out as soon as the weather cooperates. We are looking forward to at least one more trip out this winter to inspect his work. Once he is done, we will have Fort Awesome ready to go up, a nice gravel driveway, a building site graded and clear of trees and a place to go to the bathroom. I'm proud of all we've accomplished in under 3 months. We should be in great shape to start building the actual cabin in the spring!