Costs Rising - Looking for Solutions

Ante up Photo by Diane Frymire ©2010

New news from the RV repair shop - additional repairs needed including resealing the roof, replacing the air conditioning, repairing the refrigerator. Add that to the new carburetor, fixing the electrical and various other things and the cost comes to about $4000. Ouch!

My hesitation to go ahead is based on the cost of gas to actually use the RV, other expenses like food, and the fact that right now I do not have a job. Minor details! I even offered the RV guy to work it off, but he turned me down. I even offered to make them a website, but they already have one:  Crest RV.

Needless to say (so why am I saying it???), I'm a bit discouraged, looking for solutions, hanging on to hope.

Home Again to Return Again

There is a verse that says, "Blessed are they that swear even to their own hurt." To me this is about not making empty promises and keeping your word even if it causes you some problems.

I am taking that step ahead to keep my word. The RV trip will begin in the next two weeks. I'm vague only because I have homework and packing to do.

Time in Orlando has been amazing, encouraging, and inspiring. I still have no idea what will be happening in the next few months with work, money, anything. I do know that I have a lot of generous friends who have offered food, shelter, parking and generally great positive support.

Since I left my kitties behind to fly to Orlando, a piece of my heart is calling me back to California. Thankfully I won't have to leave them again.

Full Sail Fantasies...

GRADUATION DAY! The best thing about it was seeing classmates and professors finally in person! Orlando may be rainy, muggy, and hot, but sunshine is what I feel inside.

The Odyssey continues.... I will finish this after dinner tonight!  Stay tuned!

Orlando Odyssey!

After some turbulence, the arrival in Orlando was a lovely site.  The journey here has been so much more than miles.  Even the trip showed how much this journey at Full Sail University has changed me.

A recent eighth grade graduate sat next to me on the plane.  His name was Bobby. I told him that I was graduating, too. He was fascinated with the word game I was playing on my iPhone so we began to chat. What a thoughtful young man! He asked me about each of the game apps I had.  Then, I let him play 'Paper Toss'. I almost didn't get my phone back because he became so engrossed in the directionality of the wind and how it affected the paper wad!

My knowledge of today's technology has made it so much easier to communicate with kids. There is a connection there that is wonderful, enjoyable, and satisfying.

Today was another beginning. The flight was more than a trip across the country, it was a trip in the 'right' direction. I arrived to see my dear brother, Andrew, in person. Then I watched Margaret arrive. Both of them dear friends that I had only seen in pictures, heard their voices, chatted online. At Andrew's home, his beautiful wife, Keri, his mom, and their kitties, Lily and Cleo. There they were, and it felt like I was home. They are home!

Tomorrow we walk together to celebrate this year. Doors are opening.