Relationships

Not only did I hike on Monday, after the medical expert appointment on Tuesday I hiked again. This time I went over Mount Joy in Valley Forge Park. I walked the entire trail around to the restrooms then all the way back to George Washington's Headquarters where I parked the car. I must have walked 7 miles within a 2 1/2 hour period. It was so cool, quiet, and peaceful. Had a lot of thinking to do, and came up with a plan. As it stands I'm not having much luck picking up a van that is drivable for several thousand miles. It is going to take some time to get that going, so I have decided to finish downsizing and divesting as I just stay in the house with my roommate. After the fiasco with not getting paid and with the agency messing with my unemployment I was starting to get the urge to run and just get out of here to start over somewhere else. Now that I'm getting unemployment regularly it is easier to make the decision to stay put. I still want to make the trip to Missouri to take Spike-kitty back to his mommy but her situation is still up in the air with her son Brain and the kids and her job, and I need to see what unfolds in the accident case.

I will keep bringing over the things I need from my son's house, box up the donations and yard sale items, and continue to work through the paperwork piles. For once in my life only my most treasured and necessary items will be in view while the rest is being handled elsewhere. Nate is planning to move in with his girlfriend, or at least move closer to his job. We are both working on organizing our crap. We finally cleared out the huge storage room. So I will go ahead and sell the car because public transportation is excellent here, and continue to look for a van. I figure for $1500-2500 I can get a drivable van in fairly good condition, with about $1500 more of work put into it to be reliable. I also need to build up the Ebay business again, while I wait on news on the accident case. The weather has been nice, so I will hike every chance I get in the meantime. I want to lose 10 pounds before my birthday in a few weeks.