Still Thinking

Today is Kelley's 24th birthday. Amazing. She's definitely amazing, and we wish her a wonderful special day for a special woman.

We thought we might just relax today after sleeping in. We did sleep until nearly 8:00 a.m., but that was after going to bed at 3:00 a.m. I guess we are still thinking a lot about our plans and decisions.

The big decision we made very early today (actually late last night) was to go ahead and pick up our new trailer when it comes off the production line in April. I had been worried about the possibility of delays and other problems messing up our summer plans, especially going on an Alaska cruise. This morning we realized that we actually will have a backup. If things go badly, we can always just continue on our way in Venture. What a relief to realize that we had a plan to deal with any serious issues! We already figured that the chances of something going seriously wrong were pretty small. Phil is supposed to get back to us tomorrow about the production schedule, so we'll have a better idea of when our new Majestic will be ready.

So we've kind of been on a roller coaster. We've planned out more possible routes and schedules than we can keep track of. Many RV fulltimers say their plans are "written in jello," but we've usually been able to plan everything well in advance. Our next move is to verify what tow vehicle we'll need and try to get quotes and put in an order. We should have a better estimate of our actual dry weight once the design engineer gets some preliminary drawings done.

Now I'm starting to count the days! We're really excited, but we're also still thinking hard about decisions. We need to review our order and make any desired changes before production begins, which will be quite soon.

We spent part of today at Dr. George's office. Ken has been having unusual headaches--not very painful, but not like a usual headache, and they've become chronic. Dr. George has ordered an MRI, just to rule out anything going on in the brain, but he seems pretty confident that what Ken has been having for the last three weeks are tension headaches. Imagine that! Dr. George suggested that head massage might help relieve these headaches. That's a prescription Ken likes a lot!