Yikees! It has been a while since I updated. We have been crazy busy and sick again…
As I last wrote on 1/7, we signed the papers for a new to us RV (pictures below). That Saturday and Sunday, we spent boxing up as much as we could because we only had 7 hours on Monday to move everything. All I can say is WOW..we have too much stuff.
That Monday, 10th, we showed up at the dealership and worked our butts off (it didn’t help that we woke up sick that day – more on that later.) We left there and went back to the campground around five. Then we moved boxes and other “stuff” outside and covered with tarps; picked up the cats from kitty daycare, picked up supper, and came back and crashed. We were hurting..
So over the next week and a half, we slowly got everything moved in. If it didn’t fit, it went to the Salvation Army or Goodwill or folks in the campground or the dumpster.
Also over the next week and a half, we started to learn all the systems. We are still not there yet but we will be. At this time, I do not have a gas oven but I do have an convection/microwave. Since I never used a convection oven before, it has been a learning experience.
Another funny thing is that things are high – like the cabinets and the bed. We have purchased stools to get to the top shelves in the cabinets and also to get into bed. Too funny!
So since you are waiting, here are some pictures. Some were taken while the RV was empty, some while it was being filled.
Looking forward:
We expect to take this chair out at home and replace it with a cabinet, similar to what we did in the Bounder.
Above the cab. We are going to have cabinets built in here and will be looking for someone to do so. (So if you know anyone, let us know.)
Looking back towards the bedroom:
Seating and dinette:
Sink, Fridge area:
And the outside:
The smaller RV has been an adjustment but we do like it. It does fit better in places – LOL. We will be driving next week so we will let you know how it goes on the road.
Now I am going to touch a little on our being sick. We woke up moving day and felt like a ton of bricks hit us. So to say we were hurting that week is putting it mildly. Did we have C? Who knows?!! Tried calling around to get tested and the earliest was that Friday and it would take 2-4 days for results. UNLESS we had a local doctor or wanted to wait hours in line or go to the ER. So we decided to ride it out. Andy battled a fever and extreme tiredness. I had the tiredness but no fever. We both lost our sense of taste. We thought we lost our sense of smell until one of the cats used the littler box and the smell permeated the RV – LOL – Smell was still there. I started to feel better on Sunday, 16th – finally got a good sleep without coughing badly. Andy’s fever broke that Monday and he started feeling better. I will say this..whatever we had zapped our strength and it has taken a while to build back our stamina. So how are we now (25th)? I am much better, mostly back to normal, but still have the cough. But on another note, I also had a sinus infection with this so the cough could be from that. Andy is lots better and almost back to normal. So hopefully we will stay well. (It was an adventure – NOT!).
So how are the kitties doing with all this excitement? Dusty, my older cat, stayed with us during the move and did pretty good the first day. Gray and Bella were not happy with kitty daycare and were even less happy when they came back to their new home. The first couple days, Gray howled and hid usually with Dusty. Bella is my adaptable kitty. By the second day she was checking out everything and just loving it. Once we had a lot of the boxes gone, the other two came out of hiding and did their exploring.
As you can see, Gray is happy.
Bella above the cab with all the stuff:
Dusty deciding whether he wants to go there or not. He finally did.
During this time, I also discovered delivery to Amazon lockers. Since we needed a few things and I do a lot of Amazon shopping, it was nice to know I could get it quickly nearby.
We did get out a few times too. We went to the local Legion for steak night with Ann and Norlynn a few days before our move. And we got together the day before we left. It was great spending time with them and we will miss them as we head east. But hopefully we will see them again.
We also got out to steak night at the local VFW two nights before we left – it was great to get out again.
We have been here since 12/2/21. We did not expect to be but we have been blessed to be near good friends, have a nice place/park to stay and we met some great folks in the campground and at the Legion and VFW. When we were sick, we realized that there were a few folks we could call on to help and let me tell you..that is a good feeling. Yes, we are blessed.
So tomorrow we are off, heading east. Stay tuned and enjoy today.
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