One Of Us

Longest 3-day weekend ever. Here's Rachel's facebook status about our Sunday adventures:

Mission "Hook Up RV" failed. I got bit on the ass by several ants while crawling around. Then a Black Widow jumped on my hand while I was hooking up the holding tank hose. When Tyler started freaking out about me blowing up the holding tank...I aborted the mission. Oh and the electrical box is full of wasps. And the battery box is full of spider cocoons or whatever. Probably more black widows. And I nearly decapitated myself on the overhang of the fifth wheel. Upon surrendering, I recalled seeing a coupon from Camping World for 50% off RV orientation...which shall be tomorrow's mission. I shall bring gloves and bug spray. Btw...wd40 has to effect on Black Widows. It makes them faster. Pliers work well though. I'm going to faint. 

We now have a request for video posts...

So, we ran into a few bumps getting things up and running. We admitted our defeat and went home and ate fried chicken to comfort ourselves...which actually ended up leading to antacid instead of comfort.

Double fail.

Before we left though, Rachel sent me to the Adventure Park office to seek assistance/guidance. I told the lady in the office (the one with the helpful lists) about our seasickness issue. Her advice: people around here are pretty helpful, I bet someone around will help you out - that's RV culture. I said, "Yeah, I hear that about RV folks". To which she was quick to reply with a smile, "well, you're one of us now". So we are office-lady...so we are.

We came up with a rebound plan. Rachel called the RV repair people to help us fix our mangled stabilizers. (Note: these are super important. Without them working properly, being inside the RV for any length of time leads to inexplicable seasickness.) As the second phase of this plan she instructed me to put my "face on", wear a tank top and shorts, and go meet said RV repair people. They checked out the necessary repairs and I managed to sneak in a free RV orientation at the same time - we're functional! I even peed in the toilet!

Turns out we're not even as clueless as we thought we were!

I should probably admit that while we felt very accomplished this weekend, we didn't actually manage to pack anything. I have this idea that instead of just packing stuff and storing it, we should use this opportunity to get rid of things. Prioritize our possessions. Minimize. It's not just about putting stuff in boxes, it's about asking what are the things we really need...and what's just extra? I'm a big nerd, so I actually have been doing some reading on it. If anyone is nerdy like me, I'll likely post my "research".

Maybe this isn't just about living in a RV...maybe it's about streamlining LIFE. Maybe?