Gary’s Post: The day after the Superbowl. This should be a national holiday because everyone is hungover in one form or another. For me the Superbowl was largely a big nothing. It wasn’t a game at all, and all the hype was soooooo overblown. Waste of time and energy.
Monday starts a new week of fun and games. Yesterday was spent doing RV maintenance stuff and the no fun task of emptying the wastewater tanks. I’m laser focused on getting the wastewater tanks holding tank (or installing the house septic and using it). And I’ll get a plumber to install a sanitary water hydrant from the well next to the RV. That will make things a lot simpler, easier and quicker for maintenance. Also need to get the 420 propane tank refilled so we have heat and water. I’ll call our propane provider today too. Tuesday Harp goes to the groomers to get all the dirt washed out. Fortunately, he’s tan colored so he matches the dirt. Easy for us to lose sight of him when he’s on the far side of the property! Wednesday new fence posts for the new gate!! YEAH!!!!! We’ll recycle the old gate to the back pasture with Wendy’s cousins and replace that gate. I need to measure to make sure it’ll all fit.
Still need to do more work on the workshop storage, but it’s better. I think we can send a few more Jaret things down the road to paid storage and get a bit more space. I REALLY need to get rid of the shelves that are in the shop now – they suck bad – and get new ones. I think by next week we can have enough room for Overhead Door to install the garage door opener in the workshop. Then I can get the printer set up and start setting up some working space. Also going to get the EV outlet and charger set up for the new EV coming in a few weeks. Wendy is super excited to start using it for her commute. It’ll save miles and money on the XC40. The comparison on the cost to charge the EV versus the cost of gas, wear and tear on the XC40 will be an interesting comparison if an EV is more cost effective for around town than the XC40 ICE vehicle.
Finally got our passport pictures done yesterday at Walgrens. I’m going to see if they work on the online renewal site. I think they might be too close to the camera, but we’ll see. And then there’s Friday at the MVD again to register the truck in NM. I still am smarting a bit about registering it in Washington in December and having to re-register it here, but I don’t have a Washington address anymore.
It feels like things are starting to fall into place a bit more. Still, lots to do but at least I feel like the urgency is less pressing. I know a lot of that is my own sense of need to get things done. That comes from the pressure of know that I have limited time left and I want to get Wendy set up so she can function without me if necessary. I need to figure out how to live in the moment; not my strong suit and something I’ve NEVER been good at. It’s really hard to break lifetime habits. I make myself crazy half the time.
I’ll be curious as to what transpires at my companies Sales Kick-off in Greece this week. Going to tell my VP that I’m retiring in April, so I suspect he’ll want to keep me from traveling and spending monies on any upcoming travel I’m scheduled to take. I’m supposed to be a DTECH in Dallas next month and in Orlando for our Inspire planning meeting next month. He’ll probably be happy to have me retire and replace me with someone a lot younger and more engaged in the business. Frankly, I haven’t been challenged since I moved from product management to product marketing. And with the outcome of the “Itron complaint” against me, any advancement has been stymied. I think Itron will be happy to have me leave – as they have with all the other people involved in the “Itron complaint” event. Just my opinion – we’ll see what happens.
Well enough for today. Time to get ready for the day and eat some breakfast. To anyone reading this – have a wonderful week. I miss my kids, grandkids and the craziness and routine of our past chapter! Take care….
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