As December draws to a close, I am sitting here in the Argosy with 6 more work days until I am released from my 4th season working for Amazon, this time in Campbellsville, Kentucky.
We have been here since the end of July, having finally given up the apartment in Austin, and having moved back into the travel trailer bringing my son along for lack of any other place for him to be.
The first few months were ok, and we were thinking this gig woujld finally find us at the end with some coins to rub together and the means with which to finally realize our dream of traveling a bit.
The trip out here had given us a taste of how much fun that could be when we visited the diamond mine state park in Arkansas.
The trip out here had given us a taste of how much fun that could be when we visited the diamond mine state park in Arkansas.
As is so often the case, however, our situation changed and quite dramatically.
The first change was that we bought a truck camper without a truck, partly to help a friend, and partly because we wanted one for ourselves. That meant we had to buy a pickup truck to carry it, so that absorbed several thousand of our hard earned dollars right from the get go. Not sorry for that purchase, and think it will be good in the long run.
The first change was that we bought a truck camper without a truck, partly to help a friend, and partly because we wanted one for ourselves. That meant we had to buy a pickup truck to carry it, so that absorbed several thousand of our hard earned dollars right from the get go. Not sorry for that purchase, and think it will be good in the long run.
Nope, the proverbial excrement hit the oscillating instrument on the 4th of November when 2 things happened on the same day. First, a situation with my disabled son came to a head and we had to "re-home" him or risk him getting beat up or worse. Second, my husband went to the ER and it turned out to be sudden onset kidney failure that came close to killing him. No joke; doc said he was less than one day away from dying if they hadn't done emergency surgery to install a dialysis catheter and give him dialysis 4 days in a row.
So November and December have been rough months for us. He went back to work after a convoluted struggle with HR at the local facility, but when they offered some campers an early release that included getting their completion bonus, with my encouragement and total approval, he took it.
So that leaves me to complete my contract, which wouldn't be too hard if they would quit screwing up my schedule, but that's par for the course at this facility I'm thinking.
So we hope to leave here on the 23rd - drop our friend off in Missouri, and by the 25th arrive in our next semi-permanent location based on the available dialysis centers that are near my daughter and son back in Texas.
So that leaves me to complete my contract, which wouldn't be too hard if they would quit screwing up my schedule, but that's par for the course at this facility I'm thinking.
So we hope to leave here on the 23rd - drop our friend off in Missouri, and by the 25th arrive in our next semi-permanent location based on the available dialysis centers that are near my daughter and son back in Texas.
Not even close to what we had planned, but you'd think by now, I would know not to count on anything ever working out as planned.
I cannot even begin to imagine how dialysis is going to change our lives - the experience here has been somewhat surreal.
One thing I am hoping is that I'll be able to focus and write a little more. I'm working on a new site called niume - so far I have only 2 posts up, but over time I suspect I can grow that if I pay attention.
My first post on niume: To Save Money on Food, Do This
Second Post: Bluegrass Carol of the Bells
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