Maggie Had Major Surgery

Maggie had to have her lung replaced, aka air conditioner unit and because she is so old, they had to give her an entirely updated complete unit. Yes, our bank account took a huge hit but we have been in worse predicaments and we will once again work through this one.

For the past few months, the unit had been having a difficult time coming on but then would work fine and since we really didn’t have the funds we just lived with it. Then the past few weeks, it didn’t seem to be cooling as well as it had been for the past 13 years and then the unit just died during 100+ temperatures we have been having here in Amarillo. As bad as that sounds, at least we could hang out in the clubhouse. We are also grateful that the temperatures at night are usually in the 60’s so we only hung out in the clubhouse until about midnight then with windows open we were able to come home and sleep. But then back to the clubhouse around 10am since Maggie began getting hot again.

For a temporary fix, we bought one of those portable units which was totally useless. Hopefully we can return this unit and get a total refund. It was keeping it at 92/94 and would not get any cooler which made it unbearable for us. Then due to the humidity we were dumping the water every hour…ugh!

Waiting for repairs on Maggie felt as if we were in the hospital waiting room, waiting for a loved one to have surgery and in a way, that is true. She is our loved one and it was absolutely saving not only her life, but ours too! Now we can plan to have a cool...cool...summer!

I Was Thinking…

Scary words for Jerry to hear from me, but he has learned to pay attention when I say them since they usually mean I have an idea that we will be pursuing and doing it without a net or cushion. Those are the words that brought us out here, those are also the words that have also got us into some tough situations, but they are also the words that have brought us some very memorable adventures.

We are grateful we found a place to hang out and make some money here in Amarillo, but at the same time I am already looking for an escape and we have about 10 weeks to go. We love working independently, but working at most RV Parks that is not the case. It’s usually dozens of personalities all thrashed into an environment that eventually gets to a boiling point and people begin to implode. We just do not do the drama but at the same time, we know the best choice for us at this point is to stay put and suck it up and that is probably what will happen but that is not always what goes on in my head. What constantly goes on in there is traveling and working together, just the two of us. We do it so well that when others are brought into the mix, though we can play nice with others, it seems others can’t play nice with us.

We just want to find that perfect work for us where we can travel and make a good income. Why is that so hard to find? We have been searching for the same thing for all these years, and we see others doing it but for us it just seems to get further from our reach.

As much as we thought we were not making enough money doing the Lieutenant Blender thing we liked it a lot better than staying in one area for months at a time. But we also know that we must get a vehicle for Maggie to tow so we do not have to drive her to work every day. It will also give us more freedom for other types of jobs so we are in the process of finding a tow vehicle, decision made.

We have also decided that we will not give up on our dream, as much as it hurts us every time we go after that elusive dream of ours of finding the right work to keep us traveling, we will not give up. We can’t since that is all we have at moments like these to keep us going, to keep us alive, to keep us believing in our lives, we will not give up.

We are so grateful that our health issues are behind us and now we are just as hopeful that our financial issues will also work themselves out so we will once again be able to get back on the road and travel. We are still a few years away from retirement age to where will have a steady monthly income so we continue to look for traveling jobs to keep us afloat until then. We believe we can do this, no matter how many times life knocks us down, we are certain we will always pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and get back in the race…That’s Life!

Why has it been so long since our last real update on our lives?

Mostly because we had high hopes for 2017 and thus far it has been the roughest year yet for us. We continued to do our reviews of the places we have stayed and things we have done but as far as our lives, we wrote articles but just couldn’t find a positive way to say the things that were happening to us and we just wouldn’t do it negatively but that has taken a toll on me since I miss writing…

Our dreams were ripped out from under us several times already without any sort of warning. We have felt like there would be no way to come out from under some of our adventures, so we thought we would just sink deep into our hole of despair and just not share with our friends and readers.

2017 has been filled with one hardship after another and it has taken quite a toll on us. We had some great jobs lined up and then either breakdowns of Maggie or Jerry and I having some terribly scary health issues that made it impossible for us to do the things we love. We traveled thousands of miles to a job, only to get a very discriminatory unwelcoming…we have had jobs contact us and make us offers that were outstanding and then as quickly as they came the contact ceased…there have been so many issues that we felt we just would not be able to get through but we have and we are now attempting to get back on the right track because these past 6 months have been excruciatingly painful for us and we just want to get back to living our lives the best we know how.

It started the end of January when we wrote this blog but never shared it –

Our Outstanding News

Most of you who know us know that we are great people who just do not get the big breaks happening in our lives…we get little pieces but never the whole pie…well that is all about to change.

We still must work since we are still not old enough to retire and we always look for not only exciting and fun work but that allows us to travel and then of course that pays well. So far that has all been difficult to find, at least until now.

In the past 13 years, we have found bits and pieces but never the entire fulfillment of our needs all in one package. We have worked for several companies that we love but they just don’t have enough work for us to travel with them full time. Jobs that have been a blast but either keeps us in one location or the pay is awful.

But, we have continued to believe that maybe, just maybe there is that perfect company that could give us all of that and more and finally we found them, or I could say they found us.

We will be full time employees with full benefits and a weekly paycheck that is PHENOMENAL. There will be times when we store Maggie and stay in hotels and others we will be staying in Maggie and driving either a rental car or our own car to and from the locations, depending on their locations.

All of this happened in an instant and without any stress, it just came into our lives, it is what it is and it is what we have always wanted. We will be working only 4 days per week with a week off every 4 to 6 weeks in a fun environment in different locations and each making an outstanding paycheck. We will no longer be stressing over our finances, we will be able to get Maggie either fixed or exchanged whichever we choose because we will have the funds to do this.

Then the first of March we wrote this one - WTF… (We all know what this means)

Not sure why our dreams always end up closer to a nightmare but this crap continues and it gets harder every time to pull ourselves up and out of this frame of mind. The terrible feelings of lack…

This lifestyle is NOT for the weak!

We thought by now we would be sharing the greatest news of our lives but once again we were just shown a glimpse and then it was ripped from us just as quickly. The huge difference this time was we were not the pursuers, they pursued us and we interviewed, then we talked, we negotiated we worked out some of the kinks and then all we were waiting on was the official final paperwork…then all the sudden out of nowhere…NOTHING. Finally, after weeks of trying to get some answers, we were informed that there was some sort of major delay within the company that will put our hiring on hold and they would have to withdraw their outstanding offer. ARE YOU KIDDING? Nope, that was for real…story of our lives…so close, yet so far away. This is the closest that we have ever got to our dream lifestyle and it has taken a hard toll on our belief systems and our attitudes.

Yes, we know that we have so much to be grateful for and we are, that is what keeps our heads above the total breaking point but at the same time we wonder…

We wonder why even now being almost 60 that life chooses to send us lessons to be learned. Why can’t we just have a wonderful life without all the struggles and life lessons? We see others doing it all the time, well maybe, since we do not see their lives behind closed doors as we see our own lives playing out. Even so, our lives could be a whole lot easier if money would continue to flow instead of always being the reason we do or do not have or do things. That offer would have solved all those issues.

We’re just tired, disappointed, and as usual we know that we will come out of this funk. We also know that at any moment the phone could ring again and it be an even better opportunity that will go through but as we said, that faith is getting harder as each year passes and we are not truly living the life we always thought we would be by now…

It’s a new day and new possibilities for us and we will do our best to hold onto the positive thoughts so that we do not dive into that dark hole of despair as we have so many times in our lives before.

This year just has not been kind but we are working hard at getting through the funk, but we have lost out on so many opportunities that we may never get a chance to have again. What ever happened to the old saying, when one door closes another one opens or something better will come along…so far that is such a huge stretch from how our lives are going and gets harder for us to believe but we know that without hopes and dreams our lives are just too hard, so we will hold on once again and reach deep inside to maintain the hope and believe that our dreams will come.

For now, we have landed in Amarillo for a few months until we once again begin the PepWear work in September and all we can hope for is that our lives take that well needed and well-deserved switch to the good times once again, so far, we are barely holding on but we will...

Jack Sisemore RV Museum

4341 Canyon E-Way

Amarillo, TX 79110

806-358-4891

6/7/2017

Not only is there a museum at this location, but they have all you need for your RV, much better than Camping World. They have loads of parts, essentials, gadgets and so much more. They do service on your RV, not sure if they are good or not and we hope at this time we do not find out.

But the museum is cool too, not just older RV's, trailers, and campers but also some nostalgic items everywhere you look...

 Definitely worth the stop, especially if you need to pick up any supplies while in the Amarillo area, they have it all!