Mayalaen

It’s been my plan for YEARS to go to Montana, Canada, New Zealand, or Australia once my mom dies.

My mom and dad were never interested in moving, so I figured I’d take care of my mom until she passes, then head off to do what I wanna do. Because fuck my dad I don’t care if he’s still alive he can go fuck himself once mom dies.

I mentioned this to my mom a couple years ago and she was thrilled! I’ve never been that into vacations or traveling but in the last couple years I’ve started to get a strong urge to not be HERE and see the world.

My parents traveled A LOT over the years, and she’s been giving me little bits of advice 😍

But then after Covid-19 came around, our lives changed so drastically that when I mentioned my future plans once again casually, they were like... HEY WE WANNA DO THIS TOO!!

It was a huge surprise to me. So for like 8 months now we’ve been talking seriously about it and even making plans. We got rid of my dad’s van and have figured out exactly the vehicle we want to buy after selling my truck so that we can drive through Canada or Montana’s terrain.

We’ve been looking at houses too. I’ve got about 150 🏘️ bookmarked, and after all this looking, I know exactly what all 3 of us want.

But then a few weeks ago we had an unusual bout of weather here. For two whole weeks we had heavy clouds, almost constant 100% humidity and rain, it was unusually cold (we get a frost every 4-7 years here and we got it this year), and the barometric pressure was wonky.

My parents were already achy from the weather front that came in, but about a week into it, my parents began looking physically sick. Their skin turned gray and my mom was having trouble breathing, was coughing, and both of them were so achy they could barely move around the house and they actually got depressed and started sleeping a lot.

In AZ the humidity is normally below 30% even during the winter and most of the time is below 10% just for reference. It’s a dry heat 🔥🔥🔥

So it was a big wake-up for all three of us.

Taking them to live in Canada or Montana will probably kill them 😨

It was a let-down, but that’s okay, I can just go back to my original plans of waiting until mom dies to do my thing.

But then both of them were like SUPER UPSET that they were somehow ruining our plans and keeping me from doing what I’d like to do.

So we came up with a workaround.

Once we have vaccines or whatever is gonna go on with the whole Covid-19 thing, we’re going to get the vehicle we already researched, then we’re going to get a fifth wheel.

We’ll travel the 4 of us (me, my parents, and Roo 🐕) in the summertime when my parents can survive going to more humid places, and in the wintertime I can stay places I wanna stay at. My mom is all thrilled because she knows there are internet friends I’d like to visit, and she’s all for that :D

I can work wherever I can have access to an internet connection, and after selling the business and cutting financial ties with my uncle, I should have a little bit of money. I can either buy a small piece of property or a very small place somewhere.

It doesn’t have to be anything more than a studio with a bathroom. I’d like electricity and sewage, but other than that I don’t care. And in rural Montana and Canada, I could afford it.

So now all of us are excited and we’re making plans again 😃

• I tweaked my knee a few days ago.
• I sat weird when I was unboxing new products Friday and Saturday at the shop so my lower back is compressed and hurts.
• I bruised my lower (inner? not the outside part but the inner part that your bone touches when you rest your arm on a chair) elbow over the bone, which is making it difficult to use my right arm, especially bending it.

My mom and I went shopping this morning for dog stuff now that we have Roo, and my back hurt the whole time we were shopping, then as I got into the truck, I twisted the knee weird, my right arm lost its strength as I was pulling myself up into the truck with it, and as I fell into the seat (because it was either fall out or in) my back was not happy with the sudden thump down onto the seat.

So yeah, I’m feeling old today.

But Roo has a new bed, new food and water bowls, a new tag/leash/collar (red if you were wondering), new treats, and a couple new toys, both of which she’s already been playing with.

She was never played with before, so we’re teaching her how to play. It’s still new to her and she’s not really sure what to do with toys for very long, but the new squeaky toy is her favorite so far :)

It’s small enough she can pick it up, and it’s got a compartment for the squeaker and comes with an extra squeaker in case she busts the first one.

She keeps nuzzling into it!