Tom got the shell put on the truck. It’s not permanently attached. It’d take an hour, but it can be removed if need be.

Even if the title doesn’t come before the weekend (I vibe it’ll come Monday) we can still use the truck for the swap meet. It’ll actually be easier because we won’t have to bother covering and securing things down with a tarp. We can just throw the stuff in the shell and go. We’re not sure if we will go, but just in case, I’m pushing my schedule around as fast as I can to be available for whatever comes up. Then I’ll definitely, definitely remain on days till Oregon. Or at least till we hit the road. Along the way there, there’s no way I’ll be able to sleep at night with the rats squeaking and him snoring, so I’ll probably do most of my sleeping in the daytime, letting the RV’s motor lull me to sleep. He said the RV will be pretty much all mine once we get there and get a tent up. Then he’ll only have to use it for the bathroom and shower. I just can’t wait till we get the septic and the garage/room/bath up! Those are the two initial main hurdles we have to get over, then from there on out, it’ll be smooth sailing. Or at least just a matter of us building more and more as time and money permits. My vibes are now saying he’ll get a job that pays around $10 an hour which would be nice. Originally I had $ 8-an-hour vibes.

So, it’ll just be for the drive up there that I’ll be really put out as far as sleeping and being cramped in goes with no space/privacy. Once we’re there I can throw the plants outside. Or the trees, I should say.

Whenever the trip starts getting to me, though with the RV versus the truck, it shouldn’t be too bad, I’ll think of Mary and the hell she went through when they extradited her. I’ll think of how she had to sit in a seat that I’m sure had no padding, all the while she was cuffed and shackled, and how she had to sleep in a cold, hard jail cell with others at night. That is after she was led there at gunpoint.

As for the furniture - we may not bother putting ads online. Instead, we might sell it all to this new secondhand store that opened in Maricopa. We haven’t decided for sure how we’re going to go about that, but we’ll be deciding soon enough. The 11th is only 15 days away, assuming that’s going to be our departure date.

I was sitting in the dark by the retreat window, letting the cool dry air wash over me as I sipped my chocolate velvet coffee. You don’t get to do that too often in the desert. It’s either too hot or too cold. Anyway, even though I’ve been ready to go now for some time, it was nice, and I enjoyed it because I know I won’t be doing that much longer. The breeze is perfect tonight. If it’s too calm, then it’s the same as having the windows shut which means that the house will simply retain heat. The breeze, however, keeps things flowing comfortably.

We’re also thinking of renting a dumpster for anything we don’t want that doesn’t sell. The big one we rented in Phoenix when he replaced the roof was $250, so I’m sure a smaller one will be around $100 or less. We think it’ll be easier to just dump everything that way rather than make a million trips to the dump. It may also serve as an enticement to people coming to the moving sale we’re going to have soon, too. This is because we’ll tell them that anything that doesn’t go, gets dumped in the dumpster. I think in the end, while we’ll try to get whatever money we can for the furniture, most of the other stuff will be giveaways.

I swear I’d snap my fingers and have it be the 11th tomorrow if I could!

Because it costs more than twice as much for new cartridges as opposed to new printers, we may just get new printers whenever I run out of ink. They come with cartridges and they’re only $30. The only question is what to do with all the printers we’ll accumulate when their cartridges die. No one would bid on them because it’d cost more to ship them than it would for them to get one wherever they live.

I think the renters are away or in the process of moving because their property is emptier than I’ve ever seen it. Their dogs, however, are still back there, only they’re penned up and not loose like they usually are.

I did some research about talking to plants and whether or not it really helps them. Many people think so, but not because they can understand or detect voices. Plants grow better when they have more carbon dioxide. The level of carbon dioxide in ordinary air is quite low, but the air we breathe out has a lot more. If you talk to a plant, you breathe on it, giving it extra carbon dioxide.

If anyone needs a breather, it’s the palm. It is such an incredibly slow-growing tree!

For over a year I had this wart on my calf. I started getting really sick of it, so I put a spell on it, and sure enough, it’s going away! Prayer may be good, but witchcraft is better. At least for me, it is. Now why oh why can’t I make my fat go away? I guess something up there doesn’t want me doing that. I just have to live with it and accept it, even if I don’t like it as I said before.

I was checking online to see if there’s anything new going on with Kate. For some of those I’ve been attracted to, the attraction happened right away, and other times it took time. Well, the more I see her, the more I think the actress, Lauren Stamile, who played Kate in the movie I recently saw, is quite a babe. She doesn’t compare to Kate, but she’s got nice really dark hair and eyes, she’s tall, and she’s got a great body.

Later…

I was stunned to learn that I slept through quite a thunderous boom yesterday. Today, I got up earlier than I wanted to, though nothing woke me up. Although I pumped myself with caffeine towards the end of my day yesterday, I still fell asleep earlier than normal, so that’s why I got up earlier.

The unexplainable foul odors continue to come and go in waves for no apparent reason and from no apparent origin, but I know it’s whatever evil haunts this place. Even Tom’s able to smell it lately. This alone makes me ready enough to move, let alone the huge mortgage we’ll be giving up, the biting ants, the fact that we could be sitting ducks, the booms, dust, openness, heat, hunters, scorpions, giant spiders, dogs, frequent outdoor activity, disgusting water, reverse discrimination, and nasty freeloader memories. The only things I’m going to miss are the palms, cactuses and wildlife, though there’ll be wildlife there to enjoy as well, and I’ll have an indoor palm if my spells keep working. I suppose I’ll also miss the heat when it gets really cold there, and especially when it gets snowy. Tom thinks we’ll probably look forward to snowy days since they won’t be all that common there, but I say he can have them. The only thing I’m going to enjoy during those snowy days is the fact that I won’t have to be out walking or biking through it to run errands or go to appointments. I will be so grateful to be in our toasty house, seeing it from the outside in and not the other way around!

Either way, I’m ready to go and I have been for about a year now. Too much negativity connected to this place. I look out into the living room and I see the black pig and his cronies come to arrest, interrogate and manipulate me. I look into the dining area, I see Scot waiting for me to fill out one of those damn forms.

You know you’re making the right move when as a psychic, you and yours are going to a place you’ve never been before and you’re not the least bit worried, nervous or hesitant. Life may have its ups and downs anywhere, but Oregon will be better. If only because it keeps us from getting burned as much and makes us a little richer, it’ll be better.

The renter’s dogs are stealing what would otherwise be a peaceful night, and they have been around, too. I haven’t seen any people, but their vehicle count doubled. There are like 4 trucks parked back there right now. I really hope we can have at least a year off from neighbors in Oregon! I really do. Especially since I know the loudest, biggest families have to go next to us. I just can’t get neighbors without kids and dogs. It’s like, why can’t we have a single person for neighbors or a couple like us?