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“Vacation” – sort of

packing some suitcases

I usually don’t post about a trip until I get back, but this time I have a house sitter for our trip.

Actually, I have two. Nathan was told to “Stand by” by the marines, so he can’t leave the state. It’s possible that he’ll be deployed to South Korea for a “training exercise.” So until they give him the order, he’ll be home. Michala’s boyfriend will still stay here as well. None of us know when Nathan will get the order and I don’t want the animals alone.

No, we are not taking the dogs. Togo is getting old, and Appollo is a very hyper puppy. He’s smart, but is pretty stubborn, which isn’t a great idea when you have to pull into a busy truck stop for a bathroom break. It’ll be a few more months before I’ll have him trained enough to travel. Fortunately, he loves Nathan and Michala’s boyfriend, so he isn’t among strangers.

I’m not sure if I’ll be posting at any point this week, but I’ll have plenty to talk about when I get back. I’ll be spending the bulk of the ride (if I’m not driving) plotting short stories.

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How weird are your dreams?

UFO over a City with a Tornado

I dream a lot. So much so that I forget most of it – at least until one stands out more than the rest.

I remember three segments a few nights ago. The first was trying to pick up stuff from a car that was stuck on the side of the road. I think one item was my daughter’s backpack. When we were just about finished, a long line of endless traffic started driving past us. Mike mentioned a school bus passed us and I thought, if only we got out sooner, we would have beaten it.

The second, for some reason, had me roped into selling high-end “smoking” products in a billion-dollar highrise. It even had some water features, and I had to hire designers to deck it out – or something.

The last one was more interesting. It appeared to be apocalyptic in nature, with humans mostly gone. A quick glance at the Minecraft map showed California covered in lava because Yosemite blew up – or something. The friend that was with me mentioned something about seeing aliens taking all the humans from the cities. Then she jokes about thinking that only the righteous are supposed to be raptured. I thought back to a sermon where a minister said that it wasn’t the righteous because the meek were supposed to inherit the earth. Well, anyway, we should go to the east coast to see what’s happening there.

So we hopped into a van, and started driving because I wanted to see how the east coast is, since it’s out of range of the map. This is where I woke up.

The last one might be an interesting short story.

The “meek inheriting the earth” is from somewhere on this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ApologiaStudios. It’s been so long, I forgot which video it was.

Image credit: ELG21 from Pixabay

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New Update: Car found!

Jeep

So my mother-in-law messaged me a few days ago, letting us know they’re retiring and probably not going to need their Jeep anymore. If we want it, we can go pick it up.

This is great news! I mean, we’ll have to wait until August when we go to Vermont for the memorial. That said, It still will  a lot of cost money to go, especially with the prices of gas going up. I still need to get that funding.

In somewhat related news: I’ve updated my links page to include the update and my BookBub profile link. If you are a fellow author and you follow me there, I’ll follow you back.

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Gardening this year

I didn’t expand my garden like I wanted this year, but at least I have a garden going. The chickens kept eating the seeds and sprouts until I finally put a temporary garden fence around it.

The tomatoes are doing fairly well, but the peas dislike the heat. It isn’t too late to plant Amaranth, if just for salad greens. The sweet corn isn’t too high, but I supposed it’s still early in the season. The mung beans sprouted faster than I anticipated so I may have to put in something for them to climb up on.

I also have my old “Earthboxes” which contain a couple of pepper plant in one, tarragon and onion in another. I snuck the pepper plants in before I let the chickens out of the coop and I’m surprised that they haven’t pecked at them yet. Of course, there’s plenty of green around now, so they lost interest quickly.

Here’s hoping that this year is more productive than the last. I managed to get 3 or four tomatoes from my plants before the chickens discovered them.

 

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I’m back

cup of coffee

I spent the last few days backing up my laptop, then doing a refresh. I’m finally installing the last few apps. In the next few days, I’ll probably be posting regularly again.

Also, I will publish “Elizabeth: Transformation” in the next few days.

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Transition

After the wreck, my husband got a ride to work on Monday. After work, someone gave him a ride to an Uhaul to rent a truck. This time, they actually had a pickup. Going to the grocery store in a 20ft box truck seems a bit overkill.

If Mike was only going to use it for driving back and forth to work, it would be cheaper than a rental, but we’ll need to look for a car. So, later today we will pick up a car we reserved yesterday via Enterprise.

For one week, I get to drive a nearly brand-new car. So there’s the silver lining.

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After two steps forward…

We fell one-and-a half-steps back.

I’m still sore from yesterday, as I expected, but now we have no vehicle. And with the price of used vehicles skyrocketing, I’m not sure if we will be able to buy one.

I was in the passenger side with my husband driving. Sarah, Benjamin, and Ethan were in the back. We all walked away with some bruises and a minor cut… All for admiring the new soccer fields. It only takes a moment before one realizes that the light is red a little too late.

But now, I have to find some way to get extra cash. I have another short story coming out soon, but I may come up with some “merchandise” to sell for this blog. Until then, you can check out the links page to support this site.

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