24 August 08 - 23:09
Prep
I'm currently reading the book To Serve Them All My Days which was also a Masterpiece Theater Presentation. It's set in an English boys' school and one of the events of the day is called Prep. I think this is like the American Study Hall where you read your assignments, write your papers, and try to prepare for exams. My days lately feel like all day Prep as we try to prepare for living in the View.Every day I try to figure out another batch of what should go where in our new RV. Then I sit in the View reading operating manuals while Dave cuts non-slip mats for the cupboards I have designated and tries putting into them the items I think should go there. Then we repeat the procedure over and over again.
In between we make shopping excursions to get things we need like more non-slip matting, new sheets, etc. And we visit our storeroom to put in things we think we are done with and get out ones we still need. And we sit and talk for hours about how we see this new RV working for us and what that means in terms of Prep.
Meanwhile, we try to cope with every day life things like the fact that my computer is dying, we have friends here we want to visit with but don't know how to host them while our lives are in such an uproar, and the laundry needs doing again.
For the computer, I've let Dave persuade me it's time to give up my PC and get a Mac. What that means, of course, is he bought a new Mac and I get his old one. So, now he's tied up trying to get his new one up to speed and I'm still sitting here at my old one trying to get it connected to the Internet long enough to check my mail and post blogs.
For the friends, we've decided to try scheduling time with them then working everything else around that. Except, of course, for our doctor appointments which can't be moved.
And the laundry will happen when it gets really critical.
If we knew for sure we'd be able to leave when our doctor appointments are over it would help us plan. But, you never know when a doctor is going to want to do more tests.
All we know is we need to get to South Dakota to get license plates for the View before our temporary permit expires. We're hoping that will be soon enough to let us go to the Gypsy Gathering in Ohio in September but we don't dare make reservations in case we can't pull that off.
Retirement is supposed to mean we are free to go any where any time. But, it all still takes Prep.
TTYL,
Linda
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