As much as I like fishing and all things related, I knew I had to avoid both fishing and this forum over the past six months if I was to keep my life out of the ditch.
We bought our current house a little over a year ago, yet we did not actually move until after we sold our previous house in June (and we are still not fully settled in here with all that life has going on). Adding to the spin of moving was the fact that we immediately tore down the old ramshackled garage to build a 27x46 pole shed, BUT with construction booming as it was, we were well down the waiting list of projects, so this did not get “finished” until late October; and again because of the industry’s busyness we are still without a concrete floor for setting cabinets, workbenches, and the like… consequently, I have been without a workshop for 11 months (since I started packing up after our closing last December) and the barn is loaded to the gills with everything that should be in the garage in addition to the normal barn stuff.
To compound my moving/building inconvenience, I started an internship as a fish biologist at the Genoa National Fish Hatchery in August, as part of my master’s work in conservation biology. Plus there were also the other more common burdens we all have, including family time and social obligations, so I had to abandon some of my larger diversions.
All in all, I would not change the chaotic last few months because our new place is beyond our dreams (40 acres with 1200ft river frontage)... God is good... and the diversions are now back on tap with Christmas break (and hopefully longer if I can get/stay ahead of life).
