The document is signed and dated March 15, 2021. It was forwarded to me by Susan Scott who has throughout been meticulous about everything that needs to be filed with and obtained from the authorities.
OCCPERMTRM means we have permission to occupy our completed and altogether tidy home. This morning Sandy and I were taking our morning constitutional. We met a fellow Oaklander and his dog. Halfway through the stroll we identified our respective places of residence. “Oh” he said, “You are the ones living in that house that has been being worked on forever! “
“I beg your pardon, our construction only lasted 535 days!” We both laughed. But that’s the truth. Start to finish the build spanned 535 days, 76 weeks or seventeen and a half months. I was here for almost every one of them. There are many worse ways to endure a pandemic.
That was then.
This is now. Thanks to everyone who made this possible. Most especially thanks to Don who trusted me to bring it home alone. When next we cross this threshold, it will be together.