Off and running ... another adventure underway!

Let’s start with a bit of catch up that will let you know the struggle for the first day to even begin.  Bill and I decided back in February to sell our rental house as we were tired of dealing with plumbing, roofing, gates and the whole works.  We rented his house out for the 30 years we’ve been married and it’s just too much to deal with when we’re gone all summer.  So we gave our tenant 60 days notice and figured getting it ready in a month would be no big deal.  Duh!  Well, it needed a lot more done than we expected and we were scheduled for a 4 day camping outing and I was working extra days to cover employee time off, so it really cut down on the time available.  Bill’s job was outside and with the rain, it was not getting done.  Inside, well, it’s been overwhelming.  After tearing out the carpet and kitchen, it’s kind of like starting over.  Thank goodness my son-in-law is between jobs and has been there.  He’s very handy and has a good eye for color and ideas.  I have spent most of my time off going to Lowes and other various building supplies places gathering cabinets, appliances, paint (lots of paint), bathroom mirrors, light fixtures, ceiling fans…and the list goes on.  The bottom line is it is not done and I’ve stressed over leaving.  Dan, my son-in-law, woefully agreed to deal with overseeing the carpet guy, the flooring guy, the yard guy while installing doors, painting (lots of painting) and just whatever items need attention. AND, we have still had so many issues with the leveling system on the RV that we contacted Lippert to send us to an authorized dealer and then they ordered the wrong leg and I had to go back YESTERDAY to get that done (we hope).  Now on to the first day…

May 25 – I was up at 6:30 and still packing up groceries.  I did a last load of dishes and cleaned up my kitchen.  The whole house had been neglected for a month!  Ugh!  With the RV in the shop, the fridge had been off so I couldn’t put cold stuff in until today.  Yesterday I took out bags of stuff and put that away but today the truck was FULL.  So by the time we had a bit of breakfast, Bill vacuumed his truck, loaded the bikes, disconnected the battery on my van, washed up the dishes, visited with our neighbor and Jared, emptied the fridge and some of the freezer, we didn’t get to the RV until close to 9.  Then it was unload and at least fill the fridge.  I had a bag of mom and apartment related things to give to my sister, so while with her got a call that the carpet guy couldn’t start because the rooms were full of cabinets.  CRAP!  I forgot all about that.  Poor Dan, I had to dump it on him.  At least the yard people got started until it started raining.  My goal was to have it ready to list in another week. 

Next was putting the refurbished mud flap (refer to last year in Roswell, NM) back on.  Of course one of the holes had to be re-drilled a little larger and then we got that on.  Then it was hook on the truck and by then it was 10:45 before we actually got on the road.  The drive was fine, a few showers here and there but no downpours.  I was tired before we started and Bill wasn’t much better.  We only made 2 stops, one for lunch and we waited until we got to lower fuel prices before we stopped to fill up. 

Arrived in Walterboro, SC at 5:45 and Bill washed the few love bugs off the front and after a rest he had a pot pie and I had leftover pasta and meat sauce.  I emptied 3 more bags of “stuff” as we didn’t open the slides this morning to get it done before we left.  Still have 2 bags to find homes for.  I don’t like to leave stuff home that might not be good by the time we get home so we’ll eat what we have before buying more!