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I have to do my best not to get my hopes up.

Submitted entry: Probably you’re sick of not only hearing me talk about the weather but for me to talk about the weather and it being the same. Instead of the usual 50 degree November days we’re getting the 75 degree ones. And it looks like it will be at least in the 60’s for the forseeable future. Go figure. It’s really weird for me, having grown up in cold climates anyway to have November be this warm.

Sage is asleep with Paul - they’ve been asleep for almost 2 hours now. I’ve made dinner, barbequed soybeans (no really, they’re good!) and rice and will wake her up soon. The yurt is really warm as we have a small fire going as well as the stove heating everything up.

Speaking of fires - we had a successful night last night - the yurt stayed about 60 degrees (while it was in the low 30’s) and I only had to put wood in the stove twice. It really helps to have people with experience around. I once had dreams of doing this somewhere else, Maine, Vermont, Upstate NY, even the Poconos of Pennsylvania but WOW - we’re so unprepared. Without so many people around willing to show us how to do things we’d be lost.

Had a good online chat with my brother last night. We don’t talk much as he’s busy and I’m at the yurt, and on top of that we spend much of the time just blabbing about small talk and it often feels like we’re skirting around some major issue that’s bugging him. Tonight it didn’t feel that way for a change. That, and we talked for 90 minutes - the most I’ve talked to him since I last saw him in July of ‘97. He talked about visiting or even trying to find an internship down this way in the summer. It would be so great to see him but I have to do my best not to get my hopes up. He hasn’t actually visited us in maybe 8 years (okay, he’s only had his drivers’ license for 4 of those) but there have been several almost visits that got cancelled at the last minute for one reason or another.

Another short entry - I like doing these regularly but depending on what happens on a particular day it can be a bit short. (sorry!)

The stove needs to be sealed.

That was too unnerving.