A few weeks ago we were told that things are going about 2 weeks ahead of schedule on our house so we could most likely move in mid May. Well recently we've gotten a lot of rain and the creek that runs through our property has flooded out. It's washed roads away and has blocked off both entrances to our new home. No one can get up there including workers so for 2 weeks now there hasn't been much progress on the house. The electrical company and water company did manage to do their part before the creek got too deep but that's about it. The walls in the home have been textured but not painted. The cabinets are done but can't be installed. The fire place is framed and ready for rock but can't be rocked. The wood flooring is there but can't be put down. There's so much ready to be done but no one can't get there to do it and after this weekends flood it's way worse. Not only is our creek roaring but one way of the county road that our our land is on is white capping with running water. It's unreal. We are able to get to the cabin from the other direction on the county road but as far as our new house goes the creek is far too deep. We ordered huge pipes to put in at the bottom of both drive ways to the house but they can't be put in until the creek goes down. We aren't sure how long it'll take for the water to recede or how long it'll take to fix the roads so it'll probably be another full week before our house can be worked on again. That puts us 3 weeks behind on moving in. Possibly longer. It's very stressful to be dealing with flooding on top of being worried that the house won't be done before the baby comes. If this baby comes when our bigs came we will NOT be moved in. That's a very upsetting thought for me but I'm trying to stay positive. I'm determined to carry not just to 37 weeks/full term but the entire 40 weeks. It might be extremely close and we might not be 100% settled in on the hill when the baby comes but by gosh we are going to try.
This is the creek that's washed out 2 ways at the end of our driveway:
This is the county road to our property:
This is the drive way to our cabin and the water coming up to the bottom of the deck on it:
Prayers for everyone who has been affected by these floods would be greatly appreciated. I have seen homes under water, injuries, and deaths come of this. Our problems are nothing compared to others and my heart is with them.
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