Sorry, nothing -- Day 1618 (Year 5, Day 157)

Virginia Beach, VA

I haven't written for about a week, and sadly, I don't have anything interesting to report on. I still haven't had a chance to upload anything from our Jamaica vacation (and at this point, I'm not sure I ever will in the near future).  In the interim, nothing eventful has happened.

Honestly, I'm getting pretty tired and frustrated.  This is not the lifestyle I had hoped for.  On the one hand, we're both extremely grateful that we have a livelihood (although it's rough since one of my biggest clients is experiencing a huge slump so I'm down about 3/4 of my income), but we'd both really love to go where and when we want.  Virginia Beach at the moment is COLD -- got to below 32 degrees this a.m.  Naturally, this lifestyle so far has given us many more travel opportunities than we could ever had imagined, and we've had plenty of great memories. But we want to make more, and nowadays, it just "a day in the life."

We both need to work vigilantly to figure out a way that we can make a living on the road without being tied down to a specific location. Gotta be something we can create to resell, or some way to offer our services online.  That is what will take up our (my) time for the next few days/weeks.

Of course, any of my readers are welcome to post suggestions!

Return from Jamaica - Day 1610 (Year 5, Day 149)

Virginia Beach, VA

This will be a short post.  We returned from our wonderful trip to Jamaica last week (Tues. 11/13).  Didn't take as many photos as I would have hoped, and the ones we did take need to be downloaded or scanned.  Been pretty busy since then and haven't had the time to do so.  Eventually I'll write a post about this vacation.

Nothing eventful here in VAB since we returned.  We are now heading into the Thanksgiving weekend, with no plans whatsoever other than a nice meal between me and Mitch.  With any luck, we'll try to go out and do something fun this weekend (maybe the aquarium?)

Watch this space....

Update - Day 1594 (Year 5, Day 133)

Virginia Beach, VA

Once again, I wish I could say that we've done some exciting things since my last post 12 days ago, but alas...  unfortunately, this lifestyle is proving that although we do occasionally see and visit places of interest, for the most part, life is "a day in the life", with both of us working all week, observing the Sabbath on Saturdays so it's just a day of worship and relaxing, and then on Sundays, catching up on household chores and shopping.  Not a very exciting life at all.  Hopefully some day that can change.

One of the major things that has happened recently was a mass shooting in a synagogue in Pittsburgh.  That's something that hit very close to home in Jewish communities around the world.  Our shul commemorated the event this past Shabbat, with an invitation to the local community, including guest speakers, which included a Muslim imam (whom I found incredibly inspirational), a Catholic priest, a Christian pastor and the leader of an LGBTQ organization (who was transgender).  Overall, the message was how we as a nation need to combat hate and accept each other, despite our differences.  It was a very moving service and I almost felt hopeful for this country.

Yesterday (Sunday), the shul was hosting a "feed the homeless" program.  I was humbled to be able to participate with the food prep and serving.  It was good to also see a few other participating volunteer families bringing along their children (we used to do that many years ago when we lived in NJ).  It's so important to create a culture of helping others.

Election day is tomorrow, and political news has been the main focus of any and everything for the past month.  This world has become a very crazy, insane place and we can only hope that enough people will see the light and take action to change the course of things back to normal, whatever normal actually is.

Meanwhile, we leave in 2 days for our vacation and vow renewal in Jamaica.  Next post, I'm sure, will have all the photos and details about that trip.