My 2021 began with the CA home we built in 1987 recently sold and in escrow. We had moved into our RV a couple of weeks earlier and continued to occupy it until May. Escrow closed in early February and by early March we were parked in our new winter town in Nevada, hoping to watch our new winter home be built.
Because of material shortages, there wasn't much construction progress to watch, worse luck. By early May the weather in Wyoming had warmed sufficiently for us to head north. Having spent 5+ months in the RV, moving back to an actual house was a nice change.
Summer in WY was both pleasant and productive, although the other DrC dealt with several unpleasant but not serious health challenges. We added forced air HVAC to our WY place, and experienced it as a real upgrade. And friends we'd made in NV sent photos of the progress finally happening on our new house there.
Gradually the estimated completion date slipped in stages from mid-July to the actual date in early November. We closed on our new place 12 months after we first put down earnest money on it. Thirty-six hours later the other DrC was admitted to the local hospital with a bleeding ulcer, which is serious.
She's better now, but the recuperation will take several months. We had to scrap plans to see family in CA at Christmas, which hindsight shows to be an otherwise sensible move because of Covid.
From our conservative perspective, the political outlook was improving as 2021 ended. It is possible we will get favorable results in the 2022 midterms.
The new winter home is very nice, we're planning to get some added cabinetry built and backyard landscaping installed. We are gradually getting stuff unpacked and put away.
As is typical, we brought too much from CA, in spite of getting rid of literally truckloads of stuff before leaving. It is amazing what you accumulate when you own a place for 33 years.
In 2022 we anticipate (hope for?) things to be less chaotic and more comfortable. We might even take a cruise in the fall, if things settle down.
