It's happening!

I'm ready to turn cartwheels!  Mind you, I can't do a single cartwheel.  Never could.  That was Emily's department when we were growing up.  But if I could, I would do a hundred of them!  We drove by the new house site last evening and lo and behold, someone had been by earlier in the day to flag the outermost corners of the house, and to establish the water main.  Our future across-the-street neighbor was outside so we introduced ourselves, and as we were chatting, our new friend/sales rep for the builder who also lives on the street drove by with news for us: the more detailed pinning of the lot would happen next Wednesday, and then the magic words, "and excavation will start on Thursday." 

Woo hoo!!!!!!  Happy dance!!!!

It seemed to take FOR-EHHHHH-VERRRRRRR for permitting to get done.  We got the heads-up that it was all set and permits would be picked up at Town Hall on Tuesday.  So of course when Wednesday rolled around I expected to see tons of machinery on my lot, 20 workers and the house half built.  Right?

Well, okay, maybe not.  But I thought there'd be something happening.  Instead, crickets.  And patience is NOT a virtue of mine.  I am really impatient.  It's so bad.  I can't help it.  But I bit my tongue and sat on my hands and drove by the next day to find nothing.

So when Joe came home from work and said, "Hey, did you see they pinned the lot?" I almost fell over.  We threw the kids in the minivan and went straight there so I could see with my own eyes.

This terrible-quality panoramic photo was the best I could get on an overcast evening with darkness settling in, but who cares!  I'm beyond happy.  

And here's a pic of the water main.  Exciting, right?  Hey, it's something.