Friday

I did not post yesterday because we made Thursday a family day. To celebrate a successful year of home-schooling, we took the kids out to a matinee (Iron Man 3), out to lunch (Bob Evans), and to buy a PC headset (Best Buy, despite my reservations). We also dropped the truck off at the RV mechanic to have the 7-pin cable installed.

This morning, I sold a set of golf clubs we'd listed on Craigslist, went to the library to return books, and took a deposit by the bank. The golf clubs had been occupying a portion of my living room for about two weeks. Also, it's interesting how many people emailed to say, "My child is X years old. Will these fit him/her?" I don't know, ma'am/sir. Is your kid a giant, a runt, or average height? These things are scaled by height, not age. (Yes, I had included a link to a height/club length chart.)

You would not believe the number of people who cannot read.

This afternoon, we got a call from the RV mechanic who was freaking out because he couldn't get the lights to work on the Prowler. The Babaloo freaked. I simply put on eyeliner. (These sorts of things have to be discussed in person, y'know?) We headed to the shop and by the time we got there, the mechanic had figured out the problem. We now have properly cleaned & greased wheel bearings and snazzy new wiring connections on both the truck and the trailer.

We also finally received the title to the trailer recently, and I found this link that gave a phone number so I could call Fleetwood to request an owner's manual. The customer service rep was really friendly and did NOT make fun of the fact I was requesting documentation for the 1977 model. By 5pm, she had emailed the pdf to me for the 1979 model (the closest one she could find), so now we have data.

I went to the grocery store tonight. It's requiring a shift in habits, since I'm trying to find good coupon deals only on the things we'll eat/drink in the next four weeks. I've been skipping all deals on household cleaning products for about three months, and I'm down to my last two bottles of laundry detergent. I picked up juice boxes tonight, since those will travel well for the trip, and I never buy juice boxes. It's a shift, is all.

We were hoping to head to the flea market this weekend to offload some stuff, but the weather is calling for thunderstorms. Of course, that could change tomorrow. I don't know. I'm just glad we're done with all the trailer/truck maintenance so I can start loading up the truck to take stuff over to Goodwill some sort of donation center.