The female voice on our GPS says it all, with a certain confidence and finality. We feel neither, and moreover are reasonably overwhelmed, in ways positive and other.
A sea of boxes says something about how little we left behind, ignoring a comment made by my co-worker Doug's wife, Marion. They're my age and moved out from Michigan, having sold about everything. "You only have to bring the good stuff," she said, referring to layers beyond the material. It's hard advice to pull off, I'm finding. Nonetheless, we're thrilled to be here.
A downside about arrival, wherever it may be after a long trip, is that the trip is over. You now have to do whatever it is that caused you to take the trip in the first place. Well, fine then. Next up, dancing with the engineers and city-types who have made it so tough to get a permit.
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An introduction to this journal
I had assumed this was going to be difficult. I figured that I would be exhausted. I thought that there would be a fair share of simple hard work. I’m not sure I knew how exhausting.We are, in no specific order of importance, opening a new shop on the west coast, moving there with my family and a few co-workers, allowing our original facility in Farmington the move forward without my daily involvement, finding land, designing a home, building it, finding a school for Jake River, and overall beginning a bushel of new things.
I say that we climb a mountain for a fresh view. It doesn’t have to be a better view, but it does have to be fresh; renewing to our spirit and “awakening the sleeper within.”
So this is the journal of a fresh view. It is the story of our effort as a community, as a family, and my own as a man and leader, to carry out this adventure. It will cover the personal and the professional, concentrate on the home design, and celebrate the process.
Thanks for joining us, thanks for reading.
Jonathan Orpin
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