T - 365 days to retirement

Today is John's birthday and another great milestone towards full-timing has arrived.  He can retire from the Post Office exactly one year from today.  He started his count down about 4 years ago.  On any given day you could ask him...how many days to retiring and he'd reply for example "Two years, 6 months and three days...but whose counting" Today it's T minus 365 days!

We are not exactly sure if he will retire on his birthday next year.  It depends upon a few factors-

• Our home selling
• Finding a good rig within our budget
• Obtaining a workamping position
• Being debt free

Today we are celebrating John's birthday and are looking forward to this trip around the sun.  We soon will be wandering.  After all - "he who wanders is not lost".

Sometimes life throws your a curveball

For some time now we had thought our full timing rig would be a fifth wheel pulled by a diesel truck. I planned to follow in our Jeep Cherokee as we traveled from site to site. It would also be used for touring and errands. We especially liked the "homey" feel of the fifth wheel and it is considerably less expensive. Many of our friends at the RV Dreams rally owned them and we really liked Mobile Suites and the New Horizons models.

Our plans suddenly changed after an  appointment with my eye doctor. Yikes! We are so glad that we hadn’t purchased one yet. I had a peripheral vision test today that was rather sobering. My eye doctor gently tried to explain that I will be very uncomfortable driving in unfamiliar areas and probably will not be able to drive for much longer. That was some tough news. So, it looks like a motorcoach (Class A) will now be in our future.

John has taken the change of plans in stride and says that he loves to drive and has always liked motorcoaches. We will just tow the Jeep. It will take me a little bit of time to process all this information and come to grips with losing some of my independence. I read today that letting go of fear can be liberating. My girl friend says that I will enjoy being a diva!