Day 132 of the Journey - Garner, NC

Overview: Mitch fixed blinds - workamp?

First, a big KUDOS to Mitch for another repair he tackled on his own:  restringing the day/night shades which fell apart (one of the strings was worn out and broke thus making it impossible to open the shades.  You know how much I need to look out the window!)  It even took him half the time he expected.  Unfortunately, the only string we had on hand is neon pink, so when his order of the matching string arrives, he'll have to do this all over again, unless we can learn to live with this color.  Personally, I don't think it's so terrible.

Mitch's restringing work

This week is really hopping with jobs!  Today Mitch got an assignment that will last at least 16-20 hours, and is an hour and a half away.  If it wasn't such a hassle packing and hitching, it would have been great to drive and stay there overnight.  Plus he has to leave here by 6 am, so no time to do that anyway (still need at least 3 hours).  In addition, I got a call from one of my top clients with THREE major rush jobs, all due by tomorrow.  In the feast or famine area, I also got an invitation from a peer that I know from my online forums (Debbie & Steve) who are in the area and were hoping to meet for lunch.  Our plans originally had been to go to the Farmers Market again (there is someone there on Wed. who sharpens knives and we need more tea, honey and wine, not to mention veggies).  We were hoping to meet them at the market.  We had to tentatively reschedule for next Wed. since Mitch won't be around, I won't have any transportation, and I need to work (and probably will be most of the night - taking a quick break for this blog entry).

Regarding the workamping opportunity in TX, the managers agreed to wait until we can get there.  It was a really hard decision whether to follow our hearts (live for the day and enjoy the travel to FL, to do fun stuff and spend time with family & friends and go to the rally) or our heads (save money rather than spend it, and more chances for work).  The latter won out.  We put a contract together for our protection (such as they won't give the job to someone else while we're in transit, and that anything above and beyond what they explained the job to entail will be negotiable for pay), so now the only step is to make sure they agree to the terms (in writing).  Hopefully that won't be a problem.  I can't say I'm real happy about being parked in a relatively boring place for 5 months, but it's not so terrible for the winter (in the 60's) and there is a very active Chabad only 8 miles away with services on Shabbat as well as Sunday, Monday and Thursdays.  There are also loads of campgrounds there and a good chance to meet a lot of my forum friends who also snowbird in that area for the winter.  Things could definitely be a lot worse so I won't complain.