Susan and I started watching hours before any of the polls were due to close, just to get a feeling for the general tenor of things. Then polls did begin closing, and returns began coming in …( Political stuff under the cut. )

We got an unexpected tornado warning early this evening; well, we knew it could happen, and were watching for it, but we didn’t expect it. Since a motorhome offers only slightly more high wind protection than a cardboard box, Susan and I jumped into our car and went driving, hoping to either 1)  move out of the path of any tornado that appeared - ( Read more... )

Susan and I were supposed to meet today with some family members she’s been wanting to see again, along with two that we only recently became aware of (daughter-in-law of one of the cousins, and her daughter who just started at the local university ( Read more... )

I had a carotid echocardiogram yesterday, and will do my regular yearly physical on Monday, and that will be the last of the things I have to take care of. (Unless one or both of those show issues that require further addressing. Fingers crossed that we can skip that ( Read more... )

Weather is mild, but so many leaves (and acorns) are falling, and the wind rattles them so much on our roof, it keeps sounding like it’s raining. We got a warning weeks ago to hook up our heated hoses to prevent freezing of the water lines, but we’re moving out in less than two weeks and I’m watching the weather forecasts; the projected low don’t ( Read more... )

For anyone unfamiliar with the fundamentals of RV living, I decided to provide a little background, to provide contexts for my travel (or daily-life) posts. This so whoever might actually be interested can follow what I’m saying without having to do online research to decipher what I mean. (And I’m providing this helpful graphic as illustration.)

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Any RV living, even in the largest rigs, is going to involve less space than all but the tiniest apartments. For Susan and me, since we’re in one of the smaller Class C models, this is somewhat more so ( Read more... )

Susan and I are making preparations to move out as soon as the election is over. (I also have one last medical appointment the first week in November.) ( More stuff under the cut. )

Susan and I voted today; we’re in one of the states where early voting opened this week, and - even though I believe that national elections should take place on single specified Election Day - that’s not how it’s currently done, and so we wanted to make sure we were counted.

( Political rant under the cut. You’ve been warned. )

More endnotes, currently for “ Listen to the Mockingbird”. One story left, and it’s waiting for its one-year mark, meaning I’m caught up on all current fics. (And I seriously doubt that matters to anyone except me.)

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