Nothing wears on me more than not having a plan!
Having a job, a home, vehicles, and a basic life... these things, in my mind at least, didn't happen without some sort of "how to" plan. Am I right?
Lets add children into that mix too.
Okay yeah... sometimes..... kids aren't always "planned" or sketched out. For some, Children are the Forth of July Fire work that set itself off before the fuse was lit.
A big ol' Howdy suddenly presents himself at ground zero!
Uh... oh wait...
Kapow!!
Another firework went off and now there are TWO staring ya right in the peepers.
Reworking the plan is still doable... but now we add, "Lets plant our Roots" and grow the family... even though you are not where you want to be.
Your dreams are just muted, not gone. Right?
scratch plan A.... go to plan D (for determined)
RIGHT!
Let me get you up to speed on our journey...
We are the Woodson Family...
@jeejee, @bookmarked, @beardo, and @ the youngest who-hasn’t-been-Steem-named... yet
(Hense the face).
Okay, maybe he’s always making faces....
A family of 4, dreaming of more
MORE:
Time Together
Vacations Together
Vegetable Gardening Together
Animals Together
Land to Roam Together
and of course, More Children. ... but that is all together another blog for another day.
I hope you get to read that tragic love story in the near future.
We knew we weren't where we needed to be
and we were the only ones who could change that.
So...
We sold our 1700 square foot home in Texas,
packed our belongings for storage, and bought an RV.
**ALL IN LESS THAN A WEEK. **
Here is our RV..
Pulling up our roots so that we could roam.
We, however, did not expect or calculate into our plans for a hurricane .
No we did not.
Scratch Plan D, skip to plan E (E for evacuate)
WAIT!
We have WHEELS.... ROAM BABY ROAM!!!!
We knew we were being called to Arkansas... but we still don't know where.
So we haven't settled yet, but thanks to @dwells and @essentialoilmom we have a safe place for our RV on their property!
AND boy oh boy is it beautiful here!!
RV life has taught us more than we expected. .. we have moved on to Plan P (P for Pray about it)
Here are some things we have learned along the way:
RV's leak.
They leak at the most inconvenient times when its 3:01 A.M.
(Dealers train the RVs to only leak when they are not open, and never within their inspections)
RV's are bouncy
They move. They bounce. They will tattle to your children when you are romantic with your spouse and wake them from their slumber. There is no tethering an RV for romance.
(Dealers train the RVs to never allow romance)
RV's Will keep you from injury Only on the inside
No matter where you are on the INSIDE of the RV, if you lose your balance... the walls are more than willing to be there for you just inches away... keeping you from falling. All you need is raise a trusty elbow and the wall will help you out right away.... very courteous. But once you are outside of the RV, you're on your own.
(Dealers install this feature in order to avoid slip and fall law suits)
Below is a photo of a full time RVer. Notice the active elbow stance.
RV's will only take so much crap off of you
Literally. This RV has a two week limit and we have to change it's diaper. We bought some Tide Pod looking things that keep the indigestion on the down-low... I'm glad our teens don't eat them.
(Dealers train the RV to appear empty even when they are bursting at the seems)
RV's will teach you Tolerance
Tolerance.... hahahahah. Yeah. Nope. Its get along or die around here. Just kidding... we learned early on that space is a luxury. A Grand Luxury.
(Dealers just grin and nod when you say the word "full-time"... and they pat the RV on the hiney and send you packin ASAP)
Grin and Nod
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