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...
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