Gary’s Post: Another Superbowl Sunday. Frankly I’m not excited about this game (nor many games in the NFL). I guess NFL football has become boring and routine. I’m a lukewarm Seahawks fan, but that’s because they can’t seem to win when it counts. I used to prefer college football until the inception of NIL and the transfer portal. College football isn’t much different than the NFL now.
Yesterday was interesting. We tried for passport pictures, but this being a small town, you need an appointment at the UPS store. And Walgrens didn’t have a person who could shoot the pictures, so I think I’ll head toward the “big city”, Albuquerque, next week and get them done there. We spent the day rearranging the workshop boxes so that Wendy had access to clothes she needed for work. Not sure that was a good idea. Now we have more stuff in the trailer and can hardly move…. sigh. Actually, we moved a lot of Jaret’s stuff (my youngest) to a paid storage location down the road. Still more work to do, but it’s better.
Just checked the waste tank levels. I definitely need to get focused on getting a sanitary water hydrant installed and a wastewater holding tank installed. Having to empty the wastewater tanks and haul them to a dump site every 4 days is a GIANT pain in the arse. I need to make the routine maintenance and cleaning of this trailer more convenient. Someday, when there’s not a million other things to do, we’ll actually clean the trailer. New Mexico is famous for having dust everywhere. You get used to living with a fine layer of dust covering everything. Builds strong immune systems or increases your investment in Kleenex. For me with so much other stuff to get done, the maintenance and cleaning needs to be simpler and faster. Worth the investment in my mind.
Today will be busy. In laws are griping about now seeing us, but we have so much to do to be settled. I’m thankful that we have the means to get things done. Of course, we need to hit the grocery store (there are only two here) to fill in with dairy and fruit. This egg shortage is crazy. It’s hard to think about an egg shortage when all your neighbors have chickens. Wendy is not going to let me get chickens because she thinks her cousins will supply us with the eggs – which isn’t going to happen. And her brother can’t manage the chickens when we’re not here as he’s not mobile enough. Of course, you can’t find any baby chicks this time of year to raise chickens anyway. So, we’ll keep paying $10/dozen.
Off to start our Superbowl Sunday! Wendy and I need a break from all the work. I’m sure tomorrow our bodies will pay us back for yesterday! Enjoy the day and remember to be thankful for everyone and everything in your life.
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