Hello everybody. Just thought I would update what's going on with my life.
In less than two weeks, I will have a new home, and I am ever so excited. In case you have forgotten, I am moving in my childhood home in the outskirts of Winfield, Kansas; a sleepy, rustic little town. This house is my old childhood home, and it was abandoned over the summer, and for the last few months, I have been restoring it to its former glory.
Random fun fact; in Gilligan's Island, Mary Ann is from Winfield, Kansas.
This old, 120 year old house is amazing. I have been in less pain, both physical and emotional, since I have been working on it. I have also already got the living room set up and furnished. I have watched a handful of movies on my nights off work. Needless to say, I have electricity set up. I have no propane, but since the house is almost entirely set up as electric, the only reason I need propane is to use the gas stove. Electricity is very cheap in that area, at 10¢/kWH. I can afford to electrically heat the house while I am away at work at night. For while I am at the house, I have a wood stove that does a very good job heating the house. I don't pay for water, because my water comes from a well on my property, as long as I have electricity, I have both cold and hot water (the heater is electric too). I also took a steaming dump there for the first time in over ten years.
How much rent, you ask? Well, it is a two-story farm house on 40 acres of land, all of which I will lease, and eventually own. You would probably figure $1,000/month. I am going to tell you a little secret. I am paying nothing for rent, the landlord saw the condition of the house, and waived the rent on the spot. The house is in bad shape, I fear it has about 20 years left. I will be paying the insurance and property tax, though.
This is a very emotional reunion for me. I have always loved that house, and moving away from it was dark times for me. I have a lot of work to do on it. But in two weeks, it will be official. I will be moved in, and I will be living in it. And I will finally be at peace. I will have land to farm, I will have peace and quiet, complete solitude. I will be the last owner of that house. I will live there until the roof falls through.