We are less than 3 months from our departure date and here's the point where my head starts spinning. I just spiral in an ADD tunnel for weeks over all the things we need to do. One of the many things I should be doing in preparation for this trip is taking photos of items we want to sell online. Except, a. I'm not a great photographer, and b. I'm not so good at uploading photos, and c. I just don't wanna. I know, I know, I could learn, and probably pretty quickly. But the task itself is really no fun at all, which is probably the real reason I have not done it. Leaving on the trip, renovating the RV, planning and researching our destinations; now those are all FUN! But uncovering and dusting off items in my garage so I can take photos and sell them online, NOT fun. It's so not fun, that I'd almost just rather give it all away, then go through the process. Almost.
I know I should be a grown up and just do it. I scold myself everyday for not doing it. But it doesn't help. One of these days I bet I will get to it though, cause it's a necessary step to get to go on this trip. And I really, really want to do that!
Ah, but I'm so much better at delegating tasks to my super talented and capable husband, then actually doing them myself. I mean I am doing SOMETHING while he does all the things.....I'm holding the baby! But there are a few things that despite how badly I do them, I still do them better than Joe. And this means they are on MY job list.
Here's the rest of our TO DO list before we leave in the next few months. Joe's jobs are in blue and mine are in pink, and purple means it's going to take both of us ....
Sell Everything
This is hard to do when you think you still need things while you are living where you live. It's like I'd like it all to be picked up THE DAY we leave and not a moment sooner. Sigh.
Pack Everything Else
I can't do that until we get closer to leaving and the holidays are over, cause that's actually the only time of the year I use all those obscure serving dishes that I store all year long, and would otherwise be the very first things I packed up. You're with me on this one, right?
Get house renter ready
We've done a lot in this category! Main house painted, gutters put on, decks stained, big oaks trimmed, things fixed. But we still need to get my mom's house spruced up and get her wish list checked off before we go off and leave her for a year. This includes painting outside wall, fix tub, install shelf, and install washer and dryer connections, and whatever else she throws at us before departure.
Septic Field
Whaaaaa! It works......but badly. There are holes and gurgling sounds and I'm just not sure our renters will be as forgiving about all that as we have been for the past few.....years. We keep putting this one off, but I think it might need some addressing before we go. Luckily, Joe's dad is a master plumber! <----That's me trying to be positive.
RV Renos
We've really been knocking this one out! Cause it's fun! Most of the major stuff is done and we are just left with the millions of small details that will never end!
Take Practice Trips (Really just an excuse to hang out with our peeps and camp, cause we like it)
So far we have planned a camping trip to Garner State Park in November and Dinasour State Park in December and we are thinking Pedernales Falls State Park in January.
Stuff in as many social events as possible cause we are gonna miss y'all!
Jonah's Birthday, Bean's Birthday, Host Thanksgiving, Run in a 10K, 2 Christmas's, New Years, Endless holiday parties, and our Epic Good-bye Party (that I should probably get started planning, instead of selling all our stuff online, cause that's FUN!)
So we will keep moving, probably at a snails pace, right up until it's time to leave and then we'll be losing our minds, busy as usual.
We (Joe) are also currently working on getting our new Wordpress Blog site, CUGGIN' ALONG, up and running. It looks cool so far and should be up this week! So stay tuned for that announcement!
Keep sending those good vibes y'all!
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