One More Week

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It is…Sunday, January 24, Two-Thousand and Twenty-Fun. Time...Encroaching

Theme – Follow the Path of Least Resistance

Lesson – Do Not Question Inspiration

Observation – I Deserve

The Post

Wow. It has been

Wow. It has been one heck of a week and it seems to have gone by so quickly. Honestly, it is hard to believe that I managed to get through it as organized and together as I did.

They used the hell out of me at The Diner again this week. [And, they are going to do the same in the week coming. They even convinced me to work on Sunday morning and that is a day I was going to take off. But, money is money right now.]

I have finally tweaked [just about] everything into place in the van. Living like this, I am forced to follow certain Principles, such as – A Place for Everything & Everything in its Place. The moment one thing is out of place, other things begin to get out of place and suddenly I have no room left.

I don’t really have a whole lot to say today. Things are coming together slowly and in their own way and time.

The coffee maker started blowing out power outlets. It may just be fuses or it may be something more. That is going to be investigated on Thursday when I take The Vantasm for a pre-trip oil change. In the meantime, I have realized that I have my saucepan and I still had the actual coffee maker. Today I started experimenting with heating the water in the saucepan and pouring it through the filter. I have some tweaking to do but it could ultimately work – and be more beneficial than the coffee maker. The coffee maker was taking a very long time and it doesn’t seem to take as long in the saucepan.

Most of my finances are falling into place. If my calculations are correct, I have all of my bills covered for February…and then some. I don’t know how much more yet, but I know I have a head start on getting my three big bills paid at the beginning of March. I have also put aside money for The Special Fund to cover that daily exercise until mid-March. Now, worse case scenario, I can pull that if I have to. I have some change accumulated. I have quarters aside to cover 5 out of 7 loads of laundry. I have most of the money I need to cover things in this week before the journey – oil change, some quick supplies, time and dinner with the girls. I have 9 shifts ahead of me over the next 7 days. I should make what I need for this week and then some. I need to make and then some. My only concern right now for this journey is daily/living expenses. The tips this week should help me get a solid base, plus I have the special fund as well as my 10% fund. I also have a decent amount of metal to take over for scrapping. IN fact, I will probably have some leftover to take when I get back. I just have not had the time I’d like to prep and sort some of it. I have copper wire to take with me to strip along the way. I’m sure I can find a place somewhere in my travels that takes metal. Again. I just have not had time to sit and work at it the way I had hoped.

This journey is so different than its predecessors in so many ways. Mostly in how prepared I am. I have never before left with any significant amount of money. I’m not leaving a wealthy man by any means and I have a lot of budgeting to keep in mind, but the fact that I have all the money to cover my bills for at least 5 weeks is a very big improvement. Plus I do have some monies above that for living and doing. I will still have a lot to figure out along the way, but I have enough in place to be able to start out.

It is also different in how much I have questioned and tested it. I am not as certain about doing this as I may seem. It is just such a strange time for it. I don’t know if it will help my life or further hinder it, but The Call has come and, after much challenge and question, I have determined that I must answer it.

It is also different in as much as I have an actual destination. IN the past, there were places I wanted to go, but I never had such a very pointed itinerary. [Not to mention the fact that I actually chose the main destination personally.

I have a heck of a week ahead of me. I work doubles the next two days. So I must I must take care of some odds and ends – including laundry. I may or may not hit the gym for a shower tonight. If not I will do it in the morning.

Wednesday I have one shift [so far.] Thursday I am off but I must run the metal, get the oil changed, wash and clean the van and then get it all reloaded once more. Friday I have a double. Saturday a morning shift and then I must once again do laundry and hit the shower. Sunday I must get up and make a way for the girls to get in the van and sit. Then I go to work for 5 hours. Then I go and get the girls and we will spend some time together, including a nice dinner. After I drop them off I must return to Olde Geistopia and pick up whatever I took out of the van and get myself set one final time.

Monday morning the plan is to get up, go to the gym for my usual routine and then head out for Gettysburg. From that point on there is no plan except to eep moving as movement happens.

I do have some things in the works for videos. Cuddlebug had a suggestion that I really liked and I just need to put it into play. I think that is all for now. I will share my writings from earlier in the week and then we are out of here.

Wednesday, January 20, 2021; 1255

I wanted to write while I had a moment. It has been an active day. I washed the Vantasm and went to Wally World. Then I picked up some stuff from a friend. And, I went to breakfast at The Diner, before heading to Wehr’s Dam to do some filming.

From there, I headed to Olde Geistopia to tweak The Vantasm just a bit more. I have new sneakers, so I dropped off the old and tattered ones. I also brought my book box to the front. I am trying it out as a base to the desk. It is definitely a test it out kind of thing. If this set-up doesn’t work for me, I have one more to try out. I just figured it was best to get as much up front with me as I can. That way the back is truly just for clothes and excess storage. Plus, then I don’t have to be in and out of the back too often. Everything is within reach.

I had originally been trying to keep the one door open and available for use. But, I didn’t have that for The Re-Discovery tour, nor did I have a seat/bed type space in the back. I’m still thinking about the Air mattress. Probably not, but I am still considering it. If anything, that may be for when I get back and don’t need to carry so much random stuff with me.

I have a shift tonight and then I am mornings the next four days. I need to talk to them about next week’s schedule. I want to work as much as I can, but at the same time I need to get some things done and make sure that I am ready to go. So, I am thinking I need 3 days off next week. Tuesday - to take care of my normal and every day chores. Thursday or Friday to take the metal - which will require me to empty out the van completely and put the seats down. Then I need to put it all back together again. And, then, Sunday, which will be my day with The Princesses. It will be a lot of the same. I will need to take stuff out of The Vantasm and then put it all back in when we are done visiting. Plus, I want to make sure I have everything in order before I go.

We are into the last 11 (12) days.

No one needs to think that I do not have my fair share of apprehensions about all of this. I do. I mean, really, right now in life I have a pretty sweet thing going on and I am not unhappy. I’m making decent enough money, and as the schedule balances out at The Diner, I have other things lined up to keep making money.

Is it really in my best interest to up and go? Am I merely repeating a pattern of self-sabotage? Am I playing The Fool once more - just a guy dopin’ along?

It’s all very possible. Maybe I shouldn’t go.

I somewhat wish that I didn’t feel it so deep in my soul, or that visions of driving into New Orleans weren’t permeating my sight.

I have been over it all so many times in my head. At the end of the day, I keep coming back to the same conclusions. For a year I worked. I worked towards the goal of a home and ‘normal’ life. Instead, I changed jobs and had to buy a van, which I am having to live in. I look back at the course of things over the past 6 months and it would seem that thisis the path that has revealed itself to me.

I have everything I need to make the trek - not only resources, but knowledge and experience.

As far as I am concerned, it really does seem a sure thing. It is what must be done and it will happen whether I go kicking and screaming or just up and go. [Much like Shamrock, Texas.]

Still, I have so many doubts, fears, concerns and questions. So, I ask for validation. Again, personally, I feel as though I have received plenty of it. Things will be OK - maybe not easy, but OK. I must walk forward in Faith. I know what this is. I know how it goes. I just need to do it and get it over with.

I can feel myself becoming more numb with each passing day. I expected as much. Earlier, I have referred to it as ‘losing my mind.’ It is what must be done. The mind must process information without attachment or bias. Essentially, thinking must be turned off. I see this process beginning.

I can resist all I want. I can question and doubt.

The Whoodoo Voodoo Tour is happening…and, once again, I am as much along for the ride as you are, Fellow Travelers.

So, without hesitation…

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Wherever you are and whenever you are – Like, Comment, and Share – we’re on a Journey and it takes you to get there.

So, for now and for always, from here in Geistopia, this is your beloved Rev…

WALT: And Walt…

DOC: Unt Doc…

JOHNNY: Aaaaand Johnny…

And those guys, saying, “Stay Tuned-In, Fellow Travelers,” and wishing you Peace, Love, Light…

WALT: And Freakishness, Baby.

The Totems & Archetypes

**from Ted Andrews’ Animal Speak**

None mentioned this week. [That doesn’t mean they weren’t there.]