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We are home.

We left the motel this morning with the snow on the ground that fell yesterday and we had snow on the ground all the rest of the way home but none fell directly on us as we traveled.

But, the high temperature we saw today was 7°. Nothing like the cold I complained of in Arizona.

So cold here, we didn’t bring in much more from the van than we’ve been bringing into motels along the way.

But the forecast is for much warmer here tomorrow so the unpacking will get done.

And we will retrieve our car from the airport where Dave left it nearly two weeks ago.

And we will figure out where we are going to park the van over the winter.

And we will relearn how to live together.

And life will be good.

TTYL,

Linda

We are in Kearney, Missouri.

That means we could drive all the way home today.

In wind and snow and cold.

Or we could wait until tomorrow and just have cold.

Or we could wait for the next day and have warmth. And wind.

As much as we’d like to be home now, Dave has just gone down to the motel’s desk to see if we can extend another night.

Ah, the joys of traveling in winter.

TTYL,

Linda

Not.

Driving that is.

Below you can see the weather forecasts for Abilene, where we stayed last night, Denton, which we planned to pass through today, and Oklahoma City where we planned to stay on the far side of tonight.

  

Since our vehicle is taller than it is wide, driving in 30 mph wind gusts is not something I want to experience. I can barely handle gusts up to 20 mph. So we will stay a second night in Abilene.

Happy 47th anniversary to us.

TTYL,

Linda

We left the motel and headed east on I-10. I promptly fell asleep.

We stopped at a rest area for a break then headed east on I-10. I promptly fell asleep.

We stopped for lunch then headed east on I-10. I promptly fell asleep.

We stopped for fuel and a quick break then headed east on I-10. I worked at staying awake.

How did I sleep that night? As well as I usually do.

Do you think my lack of ability to cope may be because I’ve not been getting enough sleep?

TTYL,

Linda

 

I’ve already told you what a challenge it can be for me to do what should be such a simple thing as taking shower. That all changed about a week ago.

I stepped into the shower and the floor flexed.

And cracked.

I can no longer shower in my RV for fear of it leaking into the underlayment.

Which means I now need to haul all my shower gear to some public shower facility every time I want to take more than a sponge bath.

Dave and I spent much of our vacation time together this week discussing the implications of that and the challenge of getting anything fixed with the Christmas and New Year’s holidays breaking up two work weeks. It appears even Sportsmobile took this time off work since they have not responded to my email inquiry.

In the meantime my stress symptoms are about as bad as they ever get and my depression, while it is less than it was, is not substantially better.

It appears my physical and mental health require I go home with Dave. To winter there once again.

So, he cancelled his return flight and we will be driving the RV home where we can have lots of time to figure out who should do the repairs when. And whether or not that means selling my much loved van if a too good to resist offer should come in.

While home our biggest challenge may be both of us learning to not let him take such good care of me that I lose ability to take care of myself. Wish us luck with that, please, since 47 years of habits are hard to change.

TTYL,

Linda