Theresa and Tom came to visit us on Thursday evening. Theresa is laid-off (she knew that was coming, it was a temporary job) and Tom’s work has been cut down to 4 days. That’s not good for their budget, but it does give them some time to visit us! Thursday after dinner we played with the Wii that Randy got for Christmas. We’re not too bad at bowling, but I sure can’t golf! Saturday we had breakfast at Café on the Square, then spent the whole day at the big RV show. It’s an annual event held at the America’s Center. The Center is large enough to get lots of RV’s inside on display – it’s probably about as big as a football field, but it’s all indoors. Theresa and Tom looked at 5th Wheel RVs a lot – those are the kind you hook up to a truck and pull. There are some really nice designs, and the prices are great right now. Just like cars, the demand for RVs is low so the RV dealers are willing to price low. But Theresa and Tom are not at the point where they want to buy one yet, they’re just looking. Randy and I looked at the new Class A RVs – those are the ones you drive, like we already have. Neither of us were impressed with the new ones. So for now we will keep the one we have, and continue to customize it.
After looking in RVs all day we were really hungry so we went to a Mexican restaurant called El Maguey. Unfortunately we had to wait about a half hour but it was worth it. I hadn’t been there before, but I would sure go back.
Sunday after church I spent some time with my friend Dezina. They recently adopted 3 puppies, so we played with the dogs a lot. Dezina is doing much better at losing weight than I am. She had a stomach by-pass a year ago and has lost a lot of weight, so now she is working at getting toned up.
A man in the Bethalto area leased our restaurant building to open a BBQ restaurant. He signed a two-year lease, but we hope he does well and decides to buy the building.
Randy’s birthday will be on Saturday – at this point our plans are to meet some friends at a local restaurant called Shaffley’s.
We are continuing to discuss RVs – we might be interested in a 5th Wheel RV. If the living space and the motor were separate, it might be easier to maintain. It’s a bit of a pain that when anything goes wrong, we have to take the whole RV in to get it looked at. If we got a 5th wheel, we would have to trade our new Jeep for a truck to pull the RV, so there are a lot of things to be considered. We’re in no hurry, so we’ll probably just look around for awhile.
I’m still re-arranging our books and stuff, trying to fit everything in. By now I am sure we have enough room in the RV, but we are not using it as efficiently as we could.
Randy is still working most evenings and all weekend with Aaron, but that might change. He’s thinking about looking for a job in the food industry; as long as we are still in St. Louis he will continue working, and as long as he’s working, he might as well be working in a restaurant.
Our retirement fund doesn’t look like we will get to leave for awhile. My heart was set on traveling and seeing the country while we are healthy enough to get around and enjoy it. That is what we sold our house for, and got rid of all of our things for. And although Randy is still healthy, we are both aware that his family history doesn’t include longevity. Last week we went to the visitation of a friend from church – he was only 42 years old, with a wife and 2 small sons. That makes you think about things – none of us know how long we are going to be here, so putting off the things you want to do doesn’t make much sense.
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