Archives for 2014

Set the alarm for 5:15 am, out by 5:40, stopped by Glenn’s office because an unexpected package had come for me. Thought it might be paperwork on the horses, turned out to be two 75 foot collapsible hoses to replace one that had failed a few weeks ago. They weren’t supposed to send them until I call them with an address, but the apparently got screwed up. Thankfully, my suitcase was pretty empty, and I managed to fit them both into it! Managed to get an upgrade for the short hope from Phoenix to SLC (the Austin to Phoenix plane was so small it didn’t even have a 1st class compartment!), met a nice lady and we chatted the whole way, which made the short trip even shorter. Stopped by to pick up an adapter for my new Verizon Jetpack, picked up some horse feed as well, since I was right next to a ranch store, got gas, and was back in camp just after 3:00. Hubby happy to see me, of course. Spent some time getting a few odds and ends packed up, though Hubby had already done most of the work. Settled in for the evening, another busy day driving tomorrow!

Had a good meeting with my client, made some unexpectedly good progress within the ranks, had an extra meeting with staff later in the day, then headed back to the house where I took a nice swim and relaxed for the evening, a very early start tomorrow morning!

Via Phoenix, uneventful flight. Got a Jeep Wrangler as my Thrifty Wild Card choice, as it was raining and I like to be in a taller vehicle, particularly on a dark and stormy night, as this was. Brother Glenn had his motorhome cooled down and ready for me, went to bed shortly after arriving. Hot and steamy here in Austin!

As I have to fly out for a job tomorrow, leaving Hubby behind to fend for himself, we spent the day getting things prepared for him. We got out the sump pump again, filled up both horse buckets and one of the rain barrels, plus topped off the RV, then I had to run into town to get him more gas and groceries and to email my completed project out. Another busy day, and the rest of the week will be equally so!

Woke up at the crack of dawn thinking about the writing job I had ahead of me, so rather than lay there and think about it, I got up and started working on it. Four hours later, Hubby finally got out of bed, and I was almost finished. Spent the rest of the day mostly discussing, improving and finalizing the project. Went out once to check my email, but otherwise stayed close to home for a change.

Hubby decided the sump pump I got was too small, so I headed back into town to replace it, and to pick up a couple of 50 foot hoses. While we have plenty of length, we mostly have those collapsible hoses, which, unfortunately, need more pressure than a sump pump can provide to expand them, so we had to get more hoses to reach the RV. Found a little coffee shop and had a nice frozen hazelnut flavored drink while doing some more work on my computer, then back up the mountain again, where we once more worked on the water problem. After a few false starts, we managed to get it going, and filled up the water tank with no problem. I managed to do a couple of loads of laundry (long overdue), but then, since more and more people were coming into camp, Paul asked if we would ditch the sump pump, because he was afraid it would give too many people the wrong idea. Apparently the water supply is a spring, so they don’t want to pull too much out at once, and they used to have a problem with dry-campers coming and filling up with water, which is why they changed the spigots to ones without threads. Fine, we had enough for a while anyway. We had considered riding today, but with all the chores to be done, plus it has been raining off and on most of the day, we postponed it until tomorrow.

Spent the day going back down the mountain and doing a whole lot of running around. Upgraded my Verizon USB (which doesn’t seem to be working well after little Billy dragged it across the floor yesterday) for a new Jetpack, ordering an adapter to work with my old antenna, though even with that, I’m not going to pick up a signal at the campground, it’s just too deep behind the mountain. I did notice a signal in several places coming down, though, so next time I shouldn’t have to come all the way down into town to get a signal. Bought a sump pump so that we could pump water to solve our water problem more permanently (something we’ve been meaning to do for a while anyway), went grocery shopping and ran some more errands. Stopped at a Wendy’s for a small meal and to get some computer work done, before finally heading back up the mountain. A late start to our evening, but relaxing nevertheless.