LOVEd it!
I liked how it was narrated in the past tense. You built up a great atmosphere. It made me feel pretty settled and joyous [i had a bad day so that's good. Thanks :-D }
Your style reminded me of a book I LOVE called Earth Abides by George R Stewart [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Abides]
It might be my favourite book. It questions everything by setting human existence in a post-apocalyptic setting where a man is tasked with trying to rebuild society [self-imposed task] and people [mostly his decendents] are not really cooperating with his old school plan. It has the same feel, where the minutia of life is described and it is very philosophical in its questioning, like your piece.

Looking forward to reading some more. :-D