This past week was mostly showery with a few sunbreaks. But Friday was almost like a summer day. The skies were fair, the sun came through, there were no showers, and the temperature hit around 60F. I went out on my first of the season, longer-than-one-hour bike ride out Mitkof Highway and back. Going out must have been mostly tailwind, because on the return it was headwind nearly all the way. I also discovered that the north side of the island is much cooler than the south side. As soon as I came up and over PFI hill on the north end of town, the air became noticeably chillier. It must be all the air coming down through Frederick Sound that is cooler than the air coming up from the south from downtown on south.
This past week was also one of waiting for the signed purchase agreement to come back to us. It finally did on Thursday. I got it faxed to our lender, but it turns out that the person I'm working with had a family emergency. I received a call from another person on Friday letting me know that loan processing will begin on Monday. Life is unpredictable -- I guess that's just how things go.
Last Tuesday, Shelley brought back a new, used fiddle to try out. According to the instructor, it isn't quite as nice as the one she is currently borrowing, but good enough for now. We still need to contact the owner to find out how much she wants for it.
I purchased a 7-year old downloadable home design software. All I wanted was a way to draw out the basic floor plan and the ability to move furniture around and visualize it, so age of software didn't really matter as long as it would work. It was the least expensive option at $9.99 and had the benefit of being able to use it immediately without waiting for the mail to arrive. It's been Shelley that's spending the most time with it. She's got most of the floors draw into it.
We had a small group at church yesterday. A few of our members were out on their boat at the Stikine river. The mouth of the Stikine is about 8 miles east of the southeastern tip of Mitkof Island. (Petersburg is at the northern tip of the island.) The Stikine goes up the mainland, crosses the border between the U.S. and Canada, and goes deep inside Canada. There are a number of hot springs along the river that people can simply wade into. We visited the members in the evening and they said they saw moose and bears. They went to the border and turned around. In order to go through, the border patrol needs to be called ahead of time so that they can meet you at the border and clear you through.
I walked about in the muskeg trails to the Post Office and back in the afternoon. The muskeg is starting to show its spring blooms. Yellow, magenta, pink, and white flowers are in bloom everywhere. I've got to get myself out there with a camera to capture a few of the colors.
Today is Shelley's birthday. I'm not sure if we'll be doing anything particularly special today. I think she's planning to have a party on the 14th of the month.
Over the last few days Elise has been called in to work to replace one person or another that isn't feeling well and so on. It certainly doesn't look like there will be any shortage of work for nurses here.
The house was inspected this afternoon. (The individual performing the inspection, we discovered, also lives in our apartment complex.) There really wasn't a whole lot that needed work. A couple of loose railings and a couple of missing GFIs on outlets. There was, however, a tree in the back that is looking about to fall over. We hadn't noticed this in the previous visits, so it must be new. If it does fall before it gets taken out, from how it's leaning, it will fall onto the back lawn without hurting anything else. This is one thing the seller will likely take care of soon.
Both girls have been over at the Herbrandsons today working on their little garden patches and baking some cookies. Elise headed over there following the inspection.
It's a sunny and warm day today. The forecast this morning said temps will reach 75F with thunderstorms possible this evening, but I don't think that'll happen. It's currently just above 60F. A sunny day in the 60's is a summer day around here.
That wraps up the set of updates for this week.
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