Laundry and Cleaning

This morning I awoke once again to the sound of work vehicles leaving out. Thinking to myself, as I lay there that in two weeks  me doing that would be all over. Well to some extent…I know that somewhere down the road I will have to work camp to supplement my income. We don’t have any bills to pay other than insurance and rents groceries diesel miscellaneous things we all have. There will be other things that will send us over the edge of our budget so having a work camp job will cushion some of that and still allow us to see things and enjoy ourselves along the way.

I joined Workamper.com so I could see what type of jobs were available out there. Reading through the list of opportunities I could see that there are many things to do that would  be OK for me. I am not too crazy about cleaning bathrooms but then if I get a free site laundry allowance propane discount and other amenities I think I could clean a nasty toilet now and again.

There were jobs in there from the Pacific to the Atlantic and many in between  that we could choose from so I will see how things work out this first year and plan from there.

OK, I pulled myself up out of bed stripped the sheets off and made coffee. Next I went to the laundry mat to start my two loads of clothes and  then returned home to have some coffee. When the laundry is all done I have to dust and vacuum the floor make me some lunch and pack my dinner for tonight. I will be a busy guy this morning but then I must get use to this because I will  be taking on these responsibilities from now on. I made a promise to Sherri that when I retired that I would help with the cleaning so she could enjoy some time for herself…and I stick by my word pardoner.

I was reading about H and L’s work camping gig they have lined up in California.RV-Dreams.com Sounds like a nice park. Saw the pictures of their site and it really looks nice. I think they will be working full time from what I gathered. Not sure what their duties are as of yet but I am sure they will reveal them in time. Interesting to know that many of us out there have to work some to support our lifestyle. It is much better than having to report to a job at the factory every day.

Yes I wish I had a retirement that took care of all that but I was not lucky enough to get that. The company I worked for did away with the retirement program years ago and started the 401k. They contributed to it up until last year and then that stopped. When the dot Com’s failed I lost most all of my investments and what I did not lose in that debacle 911 took care of the rest. So when it came my turn to retire all I had was the  balance sheets of what once was my future. I don’t look back at that now  I just look ahead at what I can do to make my last years here on earth as happy as I can. Sherri and I are survivors and we will do OK and have fun and see many things.

Speaking of which I hope to see many of those things with many of you. We look so forward to meeting up with our friends and having fun times visiting and sharing travel stories. I hope that we all stay in touch and plan “ Gatherings”  as often as we can.

Well I better get busy and do my chores…I will talk to you all again…

Somewhere in Time