7-26-08 Saturday ("Plexi can't hold me!")

Our dog, Dasher, is a pain in the ass. We had so much unwanted merchandise to return today. We started out leaving the house at a decent hour. We get down the road and Jim realizes that he forgot his wallet and phone. I say screw it, lets just keep going. We stop at his Grandmother's house to pickup all the return crap we've dumped over at her house, along with the receipt file and plan to match it all up. We can't find the receipt file so we return home with the merchandise and begin the quest to find the missing file box. We arrive home and find the dog figured out a way to get through the barriers we set up to keep him in the bathroom while we're away from home. We find the receipt file, I stay home, match the merchandise with the file while Jim goes to Lowe's for the needed supplies. He uses wood instead of the plexi (which the dog broke apart) and and hour or so later, we're back on the road again. We couldn't get much done due to time limits.

We made it to 2 stores, Wal-Mart is a return nightmare. The door bitch has to scan each item, press 2 buttons on the scanner and then stare at the printer blankly. 20 labels = 20 items she's had to do this to. We purchased more stuff, in hopes that I won't have to return it later and deal with all the crap involved. I'd like to say, "I didn't have to go through all this shit to buy it, so why the production to return it?" but I can't say that. It's so untrue. The sad fact is it usually is a production to purchase at Wal-Mart. Land of the never ending lines. We also made it to U-Haul with almost $100 worth of stuff. The lady there had the personality of a gnat. We stopped off and looked at Jeep Cherokee at Budget used car lot. Our salesman was really short and round. I'm not quite sure why I felt the need to share that information with you. We roadtest (the Jeep, not the salesman) and find it to be a little rough around the edges. We went to Flamingo and roadtested a Honda CR-V. I think we're gonna buy it. It seemed perfect but we want to research and confirm towing ability and vehicle weight.

Wow, longer blog entry than I had intended. It's almost 3am and I'm tired. Carl & Tim and Mike & Dave came over for pizza. I had a great time, I feel like we haven't socialized in a long time.

I'm doing laundry again. I think I've found the trick to drying this shit. Do laundry almost daily and make it small loads.

Speaking of finding the trick, it's strange being somewhere new and starting new routines. It's especially interesting and challenging here in this RV. Such little things that were easy are now challenging: lighting a pilot light, gas stove cooking, the fridge keeping cold, laundry, sitting on the toilet, shower space, walking the dog, entertaining, washing dishes, keeping cats off tables, space organization, keeping the floor/entry clean, making the bed, feeding the cats, scooping the litter box, etc

I probably make it all sound terrible but it isn't and things will become easier. Besides, I've already been calling it home...........