2020-12-11 — It’s Finished!!!

Yes, ladies and gentleman. After what, maybe two, maybe three months? The motorhome is finally done!!! And in the rain, no less. Today was the day. I wasn’t going to leave that beast one more time without leaving it running. So despite the rain, despite the cold wind, I did it. It’s done.

Done.

Done!!!

So… there was that from today. Otherwise, I sacrificed my sleep last night for a wonderful conversation with my friend, Brittani, so I slept in until 7 again. I’m still not getting my morning routine going. But… I will tomorrow! It’s 8:09 p.m., and I’m totally on track for my actual bed time. Cross your fingers.

Gratitude… let’s see if I can do 10 today.

#1. I’m grateful that I didn’t run into any significant additional issues with the motorhome. It kicked my butt again. It’s hard to come in behind someone else and finish their job. But it’s done, and no more delays, and it’s done, and I’m grateful, and it’s done.

#2. I’m grateful that I had a working heater in the Durango today, so that I could periodically jump in and crank the heat after shivering while wet and cold working on the motorhome.

#3. I’m grateful that the next job after the motorhome was just a bad battery. I didn’t have to get down for yet another slog on the wet pavement to change a starter.

#4. I’m grateful that I had extra clothes with me that I could get wet and have dry layers to wear later.

#5. I’m grateful that I had some additional work pop up today that allowed David to have a full day down south without having to come north.

#6. I’m grateful for hot water. Today, since I’m still a little chilled from a long, cold, wet day, I’m gonna have a nice steamy hot shower. No cold shower for me tonight. Nope. No. uh uh.

#7. I’m grateful that though the Durango is an absolute mess, it didn’t take years to find my tools today when it very well could have (seriously need to clean that beast out).

#8. I’m grateful to have a possible work vehicle option. There’s a 2002 E350 van that cranks but won’t start that is being sold for $650ish dollars. Could be fuel pump. Could be computer. Could be something… big. But… $650 ain’t barely nothin’, so I’m gonna take a look and see what I see, and we’ll see how it goes. Cross your fingers. Maybe I can get myself a real work van!!! (except that I’m hoping to “retire” here soon, so… maybe I won’t use it long, but… yeah.

#9. I’m grateful for leftovers in the fridge. Thank you, mom!!!

#10. I’m grateful to have other people who are expressing interest and excitement at the idea of becoming vegetarian/vegan. It’s fun to share, and it’s fun to be excited/passionate together with people heading down the same path. It makes the path more enjoyable to have people walking with me, and it makes it easier because we can support each other and recommend recipes and all sorts of things. Yay!

#11. I’m grateful that my finger is maybe improving? The scab is almost gone. It’s only a quarter of an inch long right now and only left in the spot where the stitch broke after jut two days.

Well, all you wonderful wonderfuls, another good day, this one of the stuck-with-it-and-finally-overcame variety. I like those. It’s so nice to come to the end of a major challenge and find yourself on the winning end of the battle. That said, the battle is won regardless if I’ve come to the other side a better person. Results, reschmultz… to become is my higher goal.

Thought of the Day: Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat. –F. Scott Fitzgerald

Lift the World.

~ stephen