July 18th will be our official moving date. The reason we’ve decided to go then and not the 1st is so that I can get a new laptop better suitable for the type of work I do. Because I open so many windows at once when sweeping, I need one with more memory and that costs a little more money. Still, as much as I win, it’s worth it. Tom did his research and said it was up to me whether or not I took the cheaper laptop and left sooner, but I decided it was worth the delay, even though I’m anxious to escape this dive and these two-inch poisonous monsters (hobo spiders)! I swear, though, nothing can keep us here past the 18th short of the check being bad, but that won’t be the case. Stephen already said that as far as he knew, the money was there, and all he needs is for Tom to go with him to the bank since he doesn’t want to carry that much cash on him. I knew we weren’t meant to get rich or that God would give me such easy access to anyone screwing us over. I could break this guy in half easily too, and I must have a good 25 pounds on him.

We also agree we’re gonna get out of here then no matter what to escape the midges which come about in early August. So it’ll be an 18-day delay, and we’ll give notice on the 1st. The 17th is when we’ll get the U-Haul and load it up, the 18th is when we’ll leave, and the 19th is when we’ll unpack the U-Haul and turn it in, whether or not we’ll have to store our stuff for a while. That’ll depend on how long it takes to find a place. It shouldn’t take us nearly as long as it did here because we’ll have some money and there are more places down there than here.

Anyway, we decided quite a while ago that a laptop would be a good thing for me to have. That way I could use it anywhere as well as on trips, though Italy’s not going to happen for a couple of years yet.

I just hope the kiddies next door don’t go too crazy for the remaining 28 days, though they haven’t since that one night.

I ordered a basic Marley doll from Denise down in Chico, so that’s at least one I won’t have to miss out on since this one’s a limited edition of just 500 pieces. She’s $63 with shipping, so she won’t set us back in any big way.

Oregon’s definitely been one big learning experience for me, despite the disastrous start we were off to here. I came to see just what an influencer I can be, and how to control it so it doesn’t become a curse that can be used against me. Hopefully, it never will again anyway! If something bad happens, though, there’s only so much control I can have over my emotions, and that, along with visualizing, is what triggers it.

I also began sweeping here and learned that while I may never strike it rich, I can still win and win big!

Another pro to the delay is, well, I hate to say it as much as I wish Tinkerbell could live forever, but I highly doubt she’d make it to mid-July which would mean we could bury her here, alongside Blondie. If we got stuck in an apartment down there, we’d have no place to put her. She’s been sleeping more and more.

We’re going to license the truck on his birthday when he can get discounts. I know it may sound funny to say this, but I wish he was turning 55 instead of 50 and that I was 65. We could move to a retirement community if we were at least 55, and since women live longer than men, it’d be nice if I were the older one. At least we shouldn’t be broke for more than 5 years because you never get extra money when you need it, and in 5 years is when we’ll get an extra couple hundred a month from his AMEX pension.

Still 135 pounds and it’s still a bust. Each thing I eat still puts a pound or two on me, too. They need to come up with something magical for the metabolism cuz that’s where it’s really at. No matter how much weight you lose, you can’t keep it off if your metabolism doesn’t work right to begin with.

Later…

I’ve eaten 3 times so far since I’ve been up and have gained 3 pounds since. This means that since I can’t lose more than 2 pounds in my sleep, I definitely won’t be down tomorrow. Oh well. Time to look at the good in remaining heavy. It makes moving bulkier items easier, it’ll help in my next fight, it keeps me from being hit on, etc.