Split Lives and Finally Settling In
Early June found us in Sacramento with our horses boarding at Gibson Ranch, a temporary living space at an Apartment in the suburb of Arden Arcade, and a house in downtown. Our belongings from Oregon were delivered the day after the purchase of the house had closed, but we had much of it stored in the garage with the furnishings placed in the house with their protective wrappings still in place. The house needed the interior walls (and some ceilings) repainted and so we lived in the apartment while we painted the house. How long could the interior painting possibly take, right? We fitted out the apartment with just enough to live, which included an inflatable mattress, minimal kitchen supplies, Internet, a television and some camp chairs. For us it was living in its most basic form, but we did not intend to spend much time at the apartment. Each morning Elayne would drop me off at the house and then drive over to care for the horses a half an hour away. I would work on the house throug...