It is a good kind of crazy here. \u00a0 Our house is filled with people coming and going, talking incessantly, doing laundry, re-heating pizza, reading books, and planning dream adventures. \u00a0 Our schedules are random and constantly changing. \u00a0 I never know who will be in the driveway from hour to hour. \u00a0 It’s like days in the college dormitory.<\/p>\n
Having Adam and Susan, and Janie and Bert here is dangerous. \u00a0 They are all full of ideas of places we might go, and schemes for making exotic trips possible. \u00a0 We’re talking about the Yucatan Peninsula, South Africa, and Australia. \u00a0 The dangerous part is not the destination, but the fact that our friends might actually pull off these trips with us coming along. \u00a0 I know we’d love to do some overseas traveling if we could figure out how.<\/p>\n
We have been notified that our last portion of kitchen countertops will be installed on Saturday, exactly 24 hours before we leave. \u00a0 Talk about cutting it close to the wire. \u00a0 Actually it’s far too late, because now we can’t get the final paint touchups and appliance installations done. \u00a0 We plan to take a couple of days after Mexico to finalize what we can, and that will be it for this season.<\/p>\n
I think at this point we are already mentally checked out of the house-renovation process. It would have been nice to have had it all done a month ago, but since it wasn’t we’ve turned our attention to other things. \u00a0 The contractors and projects have been superseded by other suburban tasks, and soon this entire phase will fade away to a memory as we rejoin our lives as travelers.<\/p>\n
For all the aggravation of renovating the house, I don’t regret it. \u00a0 We have what we set out for: a safe, reliable, easily-maintained home base in a nice climate. \u00a0 Our investment of time and money means it will be here to support us when we get back, or whenever we need it. \u00a0 We know we’ll be comfortable here, and the door will always unlock for us. \u00a0 It is not perfect but it will be home whenever the Airstream isn’t. \u00a0 For \u00a0 most people, that’s the ordinary situation but for us it’s a novelty.<\/p>\n
I have a checklist of things we must do before we go. \u00a0 The list has dwindled by half since Monday, but the rest will have to be tackled in the next 36 hours. \u00a0 That means Saturday will be one more crazy day, as we move back into the Airstream and mothball the house, while overseeing the countertop installation and helping our guests stay busy with their own activities (sightseeing, etc). \u00a0 It’s a lot of effort but fun at the same time. \u00a0 I guess I prefer this sort of crazy to being sane and stable all the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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