I knew it had been a while since I had posted anything and I just realized it's been almost a month! I feel like such a slacker. I have a friend right now who is working full-time, taking an accelerated cohort college program, and is a wonderful mother to a 4 year old. Did I also mention she regularly posts on her own blog? In fact, her posts over the last few days have guilted me into staying up a bit late to get something posted today.
My intent for this blog was to let you know what is happening as it relates to our travels. I think the reason I have not posted anything has actually been because I really wish I was sharing different information. I was hoping to be in Australia for Christmas this year. Granted, we've known for a while that that wasn't going to happen. Our most recent hope was that we would drive South in an RV just days after Thanksgiving. That hasn't happened either. The RV we were going to take has engine issues and we've decided not to fix it.
Now we are on plan 3. Last week, we drove all over Virginia in search of a 1 ton truck and a travel trailer or 5th wheel camper. This new plan is a bit exciting because newer camper layout's seem to be better than the RV we had. It's a bit unnerving at the same time because we're going to be trading in our (read: "my") car for the truck. I will miss our car. It has just about every bell and whistle I could ever want.
We are still hopeful that we will be going to Australia, but I feel like we've given up so much already (e.g. a great house near my family and friends as well as our cat) that to give up "my" car would just irk me that much more if we don't end up in Australia. I feel a bit selfish and guilty considering what others are going through, but my husband has always wanted a truck so I am trying to suck this up and let him get his toy.
This does seem to be the logical thing for us to do right now. We could still move to Australia, which means we don't want to commit to a long-term rental. Not only that, but we don't have any furniture! A camper means our furniture travels with us and we don't have to commit to staying anywhere for more than a night. Not only that, but if we end up staying in the US, we're both thinking we want to buy a fixer-upper and having a camper will give us a place to stay while working on a house.
I am sorry I have been hiding from you. I will try to be better about posting. The next few days could be a bit hectic though (I'm pretty sure we will be buying the truck and camper this week) but I will certainly let you know what's going on.
Keep us in your prayers as we try to firm up our plans (and purchase a few rather big ticket items).
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