Today as I post this journal entry I have ten days till release. Of those ten days I have to report for work 7 of them. My goodness where did the time go? Here I set and I have very little time left to get things done…when not that long ago all I had left was time.
Many of you out there asked me why I have so much to get done before I retire. Well I must have missed some of the story…so here it is
We had a home base set up at our daughter’s house in Wills Point Texas. We had bought a culvert and a barn put electric in and arranged us a parking space at their house. Well they decided to move into town…leaving us to move all the above off their property before they moved off. This is very untimely for us but what could we say? We just had to make some other arrangements to set up our base camp. We had to go property hunting to find a spot to park. Now this took some time but we did find a piece of land next door to Sherri’s brother Rodney. It is 1/4 of an acre which is all we need and rather inexpensive.
So we start over getting everything done one more time. This on top of me working 6 days a week and everything that needed to be seen to is 68 miles down the road. Much of it I could do over the phone but then some has to be done out there.
Slowly but surely we have accomplished a lot and will have this pretty much taken care of by the end of the summer. We have vowed not to stress over this….so as soon as the barn gets moved to the new spot and we transfer our worldly treasures from Rodney’s barn back into ours we will be taking off to relax.
OK Sherri has to work but she is only doing this until she feels comfortable with our budget and she gets all her Meds handled. I did not want to leave her high and dry so she will have her insurance for some time. We are going to travel with her job and see how everything goes. This way we do not have to step into a Workamping job right off the get go and we get to spend some time on the road exploring new places.
Sherri’s job as a re-set specialist takes her to many towns in four states. Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi are the four states and there are numerous towns that she goes to in each state. We plan on pulling the RV to these areas and she will continue to do what she does. I have even thought about seeing if I could hire on as a gofer and make a little extra myself. We would only work 24 hours a week and still get to go to different places and have time off every week to explore. The company she works for pays mileage and pays for your food while out of town. This would be a plus too and help out some during the week. We could stay by the weekly rates and save some more money.
OK so the 30th of May we start this part of our adventure and I will be posting from day to day to let you know what kind of trouble I am in. We start off at Poche’s Fish Camp in south Louisiana…this is where Fred and Jo Wishnie were not too long ago. http://www.mytripjournal.com/wanderingwishnies I hope that this brought many of you out there up to date with Speedy’s Great Adventure. There will be more to come and pictures to follow….
Somewhere in Time
4 comments:
Great camp, we've spent a lot of time at Poche's last Fall and this Spring. Don't forget to go to the rookery at Lake Martin. Maybe there will still be some birds there by then.
Sounds like a great plan, kind of wean yourselves off getting a paycheck!
What a great idea! It's great to have a plan in action and you're still together instead of alone all the time like you are now. Have fun and love the retirement.
Glad everything is coming together for you guys! Safe travels!
Good luck to you both! It seems you have a good handle on everything and are looking forward to all of it!
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