Rainy Day Blues

We're getting a bit discouraged by the continuing problems we are encountering, and new ones cropping up. It's hard to keep track of everything and remember to run through all the functions. Besides, it rained all night and was overcast and chilly all day today--not the kind of weather that makes me feel very upbeat.

Tonight something went wrong with the central vacuum cleaner. It runs, but there's no suction. We can't figure out how to get the Denon amplifier and the Samsung TV to play well together. The TV and the IR repeater apparently have some kind of conflict too. Sometimes we can't get the thermostat to switch from Zone 1 to Zone 2.

Sometimes the responsibilities of being new owners seem a bit overwhelming. We need to read and understand all the literature we've been given about our appliances. Warranties need to be registered, and often it's difficult to find model and serial numbers.

Of course we are still aware of how lucky we are and how wonderful our new home really is. We just wish that everything would settle down so we could enjoy it for a while.

The campground is nearly empty, and we had our section all to ourselves for a bit. Then an Excel pulled in next door to us, probably because we're in one of the only three pull-thrus.

We were planning to head out of Junction City on Tuesday, but it now looks like we might be delayed a bit.