Lazy Days of Summer
A catch-up post. Not alot going on. I have my contacts for the next 3 months. I can see better with them than with glasses. That means I'm done with trial lenses. They did call with another set that was double ordered. I'll pick these up. We are waiting on the trial set for Shirley to arrive. We will then drive to Burleson to get them. Its a 40 mile trip. She has not found the right combination for her.
Here is our cat at his favorite window. He likes the lazy, lay down way of looking out the window.
She is spending a couple of days a week at her parents helping with the errands. Her dad has trouble walking and her mom does not drive. They are in the process of having work done on the house. So far its been painted outside, patio cover re sealed and roofed, new tile in the kitchen, dining and laundry room. all new doors in the house, one of the baths has been redone with new tub, tile on floor and wall and new potty and paint. Now its getting a new paint job inside, all new carpet and plans for new windows. The place is looking really good.
We are in our 3rd month of this park. We will probably be here another month for sure. To catch you up, DW is job hunting. This means we are not going to continue full time travel. We new this would happen but it came a year earlier than we or maybe I wanted. She got tired of the moving, route planning and close quarters. And our cash has gotten to close to our planned stop. My income is not enough to sustain us. So we have been slowly using our nest egg to make up the difference. What we have left will go to buy a house. The when and where is waiting on the location of the job.
The trip to Austin was to interview with the state parks. They have seven areas and they need to audit the parks and fishing/hunting license sellers to find out if they have been sending in the money. The state is short several million and the park budget is affected heavily. This position will be funded starting Sept. 1 for two years. Its a work from home and drive to your locations and return home. No overnight stays, just mileage and meals. The largest two zones are the west and the gulf. There is no way to drive and return home in the same day and get more than a very few stops. When she told them she was in an rv, they were excited. A home on wheels, perfect. For us, maybe. The money is good, the travel is bad. I'm sure she is on the short list and should near by mid August. The down side is its a two year job. Age is catching up and we/she needs a job to retirement. At the end of the two years, she could be offered a job which would most likely be in Austin. Lovely country, terrible traffic, lack of expressway to get around. She still looks.
Me, playing golf, the runescape computer game. Its getting to hot to be outside after 11 am. The humidity is just too high. The heat index is easily over 100. With all the rain, the ground moisture is just terrible around noon. Makes golfing hot. I shot a 51 on the front nine, with two holes totaling 11. The back nine was another story. It got to hot and the game went down the tubes. If it gets hotter, golf will take a backseat till it cools down.
Thats it from here. As you can see we are not doing much. She spends her time job shopping. We have down the day trips for 150 miles around here. So there is little for us to see. A new location would be nice I guess. I'll go wherever she does and golf there. Once we finally settle, this travel blog will not be updated further as we will not be traveling.
