Ordinary Days

Somehow when we moved into an RV and hit the road, I think we thought every day would be extraordinary. Not true. There are many mundane days. We’ve been having a string of them. So here’s a list of ordinary.

Thursday we went to the UPS Store to pay for the boxes they packed and shipped for us. They put our five boxes of things into four boxes so we’ll have more sorting to do in our storeroom some day. It cost a lot to ship and insure all those things but the truck scale said the result is being 30 pounds under our maximum weight which is very good news. And the rain held off until we were leaving there which was also good news.

We drove to Houston in the rain and went to PPL Motor Homes to see if they could do the modifications we want anytime soon. They said, “Yes, we can start tomorrow morning.” But we have the hitch work scheduled for tomorrow to which they replied, “Good. Monday is better.”  More good news.

Then we went to Gallery Furniture to buy  a new Tempurpedic mattress. PPL is going to take out our sofa bed and install a platform for the Termpurpedic which we will then use as a day bed. The hope is I will begin sleeping well again which will increase our happiness since I get grumpy when I don’t sleep well. I’m also hoping it will decrease my backaches so I can do more things again. The mattress I want is on sale. It’s less than half the price of my second choice.  How much good news can we get?

Then we went to the WalMart where Smitty’s said many of there customers overnight. Nope, not allowed there. So we went to the next closest WalMart. Nope, not allowed there either. So we went back to PPL where they have electrical hookups available for their customers and spent the night.  That started out as bad news but turned good since the electical hookup is free.

Friday we spent all day at Smitty’s getting the hitch work done. Well, almost done. They didn’t have the right wheel for the upright post. The one they need will be in about 3:30 Tuesday afternoon. It’s a good thing we don’t have anyplace we need to be right now.

When we got back to PPL someone had moved into the space we’d used the night before. We forgot to leave our orange cone that says this space is taken. We were given our choice of three less official spaces. The first one was on wet grass that wasn’t close to level so we passed on it. The second one had too much voltage coming from the electrical hookup so our Electrical Management System disconnected us to protect our electronics. So we took the third one. It’s outside the range of their security cameras but the electrical hookup worked.

Saturday we went back to the scale to see how much weight Smitty’s hitch fix had added. We are now 140 pounds overweight. Let’s hope the replacement bed weighs less than the sofa bed.

Then we went to Target to get new sheets for the new bed since we don’t have any that will fit it. We also bought a bed skirt because skirting the new bed will weigh less than building cupboards under it. We bought a tailored skirt which made Dave happy since he thought we’d have to get ruffled.

Then we went to the new KFC/Taco Bell for lunch. They let us pay today.

Then we went to WalMart to get lightweight storage drawers to put under the new bed. We need these because PPL is going to remove some drawers from our kitchen to add a supplemental fresh water tank so we don’t have to go fill so often when we are parking long term. OK, long term for us is more than four days; wanna make something of it?

Then we went back to PPL. While we were out someone left one of the regular spots so we took it. We are now back under the eye of the guy monitoring the security cameras and we have an electrical hookup of the proper voltage.

Today, Sunday, we went to the 59 Diner for lunch. Cool place. But so many hard surfaces echoing the noise that we could barely hear the 50s music. Good burgers and malt, though.

Then we picked up our new mattress. Tonight we’ll put it on top of the sofa bed which will make for a very tall bed but we decided it was important to have it on hand when they start the remodel tomorrow. Besides, it was a lot more sane to dive up there in today’s light traffic than in tomorrow evening’s rush hour traffic.

We also went to Flying J up there to get propane. We didn’t get it, though. They are out until tomorrow morning’s delivery. Dave “thinks” we have enough for tonight. Hopefully the furnace won’t give up before morning. Our comforters will keep us warm overnight but we don’t get to stay in bed until the outside temperatures warm up the inside–we have work to be done.  Exciting work.

TTYL,

Linda

ps.  For those who care, Florida has been added to the public park camping spreadsheets.