0064 - The Days March On

I find little ways to keep busy... somehow that makes the time pass a little more quickly. Yesterday's projects were to change the linens, do laundry, and clean up the area around the dining room table as that's where all the crap tends to collect. It's where things go to die. I also went through the shred pile and cut out only the things that actually need to be shredded so I could toss the rest into the garbage. I talked in an earlier post about reducing weight... doing things like that reduce weight, significantly in some cases, but truth be told, it was more about keeping myself occupied. Mission accomplished. One more day of sanity... some may argue that, but seriously... I didn't go insane...

Mike got to come home a little early yesterday so we went to dinner. I chose randomly again, and this time came up with a winner. It was Mexican. I may have a problem... an addiction... Los Vallarta, is about ten miles down the road from us. We lucked out in more than one respect - there was a shopping center nearby and it had a Dick's Sporting Goods, which in turn had a rainsuit and boot dryer that Mike has been looking for. Dinner was tasty, so were the margaritas... I have missed a good margarita. Last one I had tasted like frozen Gatorade. Disgusting.

Today went a little slowly. It rained again... a hard rain for a short period of time. Saw the three witches walk by. Watched tv (thank goodness for cable networks that make things available on the internet). Yawn. Then Mike came home a little early again, and the rain started in earnest... thunder, lightning, sheets of rain... four hours later and it's still raining, albeit with less gusto.

Spoke to my dad briefly today. And my friend Debra. Learned that one of my friends is probably about to start the same journey we're on, living in an RV and traveling. He makes leather goods so he and his wife are going to go to Ren Fairs and bike rallies. I think he'll like it and with his line of work it will probably open a few doors.

Also saw the trailer for my friend Michelle's movie, it will be premiering on the Lifetime Movie Network on August 31st and it looks amazing, it's called The Preacher's Daughter. She wrote and directed it. I can't wait! I was a little worried that I might not have access to cable at the time, but then I went to the LMN website and they have movies you can watch so worst case scenario, I hope I can watch it there. We're supposed to be in Louisiana for Mike's family reunion at that point, so maybe we can make it into an event. In the meantime, I learned that she has always wanted to direct a musical... which is ironic, because once upon a time I started a screenplay that was supposed to be a musical. Maybe that's my motivation to get back to it. I just got a little stuck but whenever I go back and read it I don't hate it. Which is a good sign...

We're probably here for another week or so... I am ready to move on. There's just nothing here. I would like to meet up with my friends Sandy and Rene, and then head north. I hate being next to the maintenance building, it's noisy. I'm running out of things to photograph, not that the last few days have been particularly impressive in that respect. Speaking of which, the hawk flew by my window this afternoon... taunting me... I saw the perfect perch, but who knows if it ever goes there.

Need to figure the mail situation out. If we're going to be here for another week I can probably have the post office forward it to us, or maybe I need to check out a service that will do it. At first it didn't make sense, but 2-3 weeks at a time without mail kind of sucks. We won't always be in a position to receive it, but once a week or so would be nice. Right now we're waiting on a couple of refunds, so it's a little more important. :)

So that's the last couple of days in a nutshell. I'm sure tomorrow will be just as exciting...