Things Are Different Out Here

Things are coming along very slowly on the renovation, but we did, finally, get some flooring down in Zoe's room, which is a major benchmark of progress.  We stayed out there until about 10 last night and as we were walking out to leave, we heard a chorus of coyotes make some of the craziest sounds.  It scared Zoe, reminding me of all the things that we are all going to have to get used to in our new country setting.

We are only 15 miles from our current, middle of the city, location, but once you are beyond the domain of all pizza delivery, there are bound to be some differences.  For instance, we were commenting how we needed to get those deer signals to put on the front of our vehicles.   We have already come across a deer and two raccoons on the road to the house.  We have to remember to stay beyond alert when driving through there.

When you are outside of the city, there is no sewer system, so another new thing for us is maintaining a septic system.  I try hard not to think about plumbing, sewage, etc., but now I have to think about it.  Do we have to adopt Cheryl Crow's two square limit on toilet paper, or is there a greater margin of error?  I don't know.  This is all new to me.  I have some Googling to do.  I just keep thinking about some friends of the family who had septic along with signs in their bathrooms that said, "If it's yellow, let it mellow.  If it's brown, flush it down."  (I promise not to post any signs.)

I definitely need to stock up on flashlights and batteries, because it is dark with a capital D out there!  That will be great for sleeping and star gazing.  The stars last night were brighter and more abundant than I have seen in a while.  Without all the light pollution it is amazing.  I can't wait for a warm spring night so I can enjoy it longer.  The 21 degree temperature last night was not conducive to enjoying outdoor time.

I am sure there are plenty other things I will discover that are foreign to my current lifestyle.  For instance, should I be concerned that the former owners left us 9 bug bombs?