The day is approaching!

 I'm picking her up on Tuesday!!!  I'm pretty excited about how the van is looking.  Purty, don't ya think?!

I'm LOVING the Acacia countertops.  Steve did a great job selecting the pieces (I asked him to avoid ones that had a lot of the very pale strips).

The step that's so big in the hopes that Zoe will use it to get on/off the bed.

I'm leaving that cabinet on the right open for some decorations.  Not sure what yet!

As the day approaches, I'm less anxious than I was recently.  I definitely go through major ups and downs.  I guess it's pretty normal to feel the excitement AND the fear when making major changes.  There are so many unknowns and things I'll have to figure out.  Some things I know are needless worries, though I can't help myself.  As I posted before - I will figure it out.  Not everything will be perfect.  Things will break.  Things won't always go as I hoped.  Low expectations is key! 

Right now is a perfect example of things not being how I would like.  I'm currently at the lake and the entire month of August (I've been here for most of the month) has been almost fall like.  The lake is cold and it's been pretty rainy.  Today was beautiful, but I am leaving tomorrow, heading to Sue's where it is going to be in the 90s starting Tuesday.  Now, this is less than ideal to have to leave the wonderful lake before such a sunny/hot stretch and to head into HOT weather where I don't have a lake to cool off in.  AND I'm picking up the van in this heat while I would normally try to avoid these temperatures if I could.  But I'm looking at the bright side, I will get to test out my AC and electrical system.  On Tuesday night, I'm going to camp not too far from the builder (and Sue and Jet will stay there too!) so that I can see how everything works.  I'll have electric so I can be sure that all those systems work, but I'll also try to run the AC without being plugged in and see how big a draw that is on the batteries.  

Hopefully all will go well and on Wednesday I'll head back to Sue's where I'll then be parked for a bit to load what I need and figure out where things should go and continue testing everything out.  I'll probably stay through the heat wave so can always bail and go in the house if the van is too unpleasant.  Of course I'll have electric there too, so I can run the AC without worry.  So, the bright side is - I'll get to test out the AC and fans and such.  The down side is that it's going to be hot and I won't be able to jump in the lake!  And I won't be testing the heater for more than a minute!

My last BML sunset of 2023!  

I'm pretty bummed that Sue and I have barely spent any time together while I've been "staying with her."  And I really wish that she was going to be around while I was staying in the van at her house.  It would just be so much more fun.  I think it's going to be a bit sad and lonely starting out like this, but I know it will all be OK.  I'm sometimes lonely here at the lake too.  And I know that will happen on the road as well.  I find that the micro interactions really keeps away the loneliness.  Today I chatted with a woman on my morning walk, then while out paddling, I chatted with some friends as I paddled by their house, and then I stopped at an island for a swim and chatted with a lovely couple there.  I had planned to go to a get together tonight and I realized that I just wanted to enjoy the lake and the sunset from here as it was so lovely.  My three interactions during the day totally filled my social needs.  

I imagine that I'll have something to say on a more regular basis once I have the van, so stay tuned!  Next post will likely have the full photo shoot!