One More Trip Down the Road

Sunday June 22nd

Sunday morning came way to fast! I think I laid my head down and it bounced once and I was back up? GEE come on retirement...my mother use to say... you should not wish your life away...maybe just a small portion.

Sherri and I made coffee and sat outside to enjoy the park for the last time before she took Sarah to church. I would stay behind today and mow the lawn at the lake house. I could hardly wait...you know the sweat in your eye...the dust and grass cuttings down the back of your shirt kind of anticipation...I hope it is in the one hundreds by noon so I can really get the full affect of this self inflicted pain of home ownership. P L E A S E someone stop me.

The yard got mowed and Sherri showed up around noon to check and see if I had fell out on the back 4o...I had not but I was ready for a break. With the yard tended to I still had to poison around all the outside electrical equipment...for those of you who do not know about fire ants they are attracted by the hum of alternating current in power lines. Oh yes they will short out electrical equipment in short order if not seen to. Phone boxes out by the street are another object of their interest. Here at the lake we fight this battle all the time.

Orkin has nothing on Speedy...in short order I had them on the run. Now it is time to drop off all the extras I had picked up to take to the lake and Sherri got all her stuff from the house and we packed up...said our good-byes to the lake house and we were off to the RV.

We got everything packed up and stowed by 1:30...check out is 2:00 and we were off to the dump. I think next to mowing dumping would have to be my second favorite duty as a man. I have to keep Sherri at bay when it comes to this chore because she always offers to help, but this is a manly thing that I and only I can handle...GAG! Man I did not know those tanks could hold that much liquid! I bet I dumped for 20 min. I could have sworn someone had the water hose hooked up to the RV...I kept looking for that hidden camera but at last I got the last trickle out and put everything away...dumped the trash and we were off.

The trip back to the home park went off without a hitch...now parking back in my spot was a little time consuming. I could not get the trailer straight to save my soul. I worked at it for about 15 min and finally got it were I wanted it. I think the fact that I had mowed the lawn loaded up the trailer drove to Coppell and had to back in was the straw that broke me. I was so tired I could hardly hook up the power cord. But it all got done and we decided to go out to eat.

We chose Steak and Shake and headed in that direction as fast as I could drive. we all ordered salads...I could not eat anything hot after my day of sweating in the heat...I must have drank a gallon of water before my salad arrived! We consumed a great amount of food and beverage before leaving. It was time for the grocery store from there. It is good to go to the grocery store on a full stomach. We just could not think of what we wanted for the next couple of days. We bought some staples and then headed home.

The girls headed off the the swimming pool until close to dark. Sherri and I unloaded everything and got on line...it had been a week since we were on line. I posted some journal entries and then about 10:15 I got on chat thinking no one would be there. I was surprised to find Penny, Howard and two new folks on there chatting away. It was nice to say hello to my friends after such a dry spell.

About 10:45 I was bushed to say the least and said my good-byes to all. The kids had rented them a movie to watch and Sherri and I headed off to bed for some well deserved sleep Somewhere in Time.