I thought I posted last week.

When I just signed in I realized I didn’t actually post last week, but it was one of the things I “did” in my sleep….*sigh*  For me, one of the signs of not enough rest and too much stress is that I start to have a hard time separating real life from everything I think of in my sleep.

I currently have several posts rambling around in my head.  Last week was INSANE – I had an unexpected job come up that had to be done right then (when I had actually expected those days to be used planning our trip).  Plus my son had his first youth group trip – he left on Friday afternoon, then Friday night & Saturday was a women’s conference, and Sunday morning we left, picking up Vince on the way.

I’m super excited to now be here — but it is no small process.  We are talking pack – load everything into boat on trailer – six+ hour drive – park truck/trailer – 30 min+ boat ride – unload stuff from boat onto shore – wait on shore while dad hiked up the hill to get the Kubota & trailer – load as much as possible onto trailer – then hike quarter of a mile UP – pull plywood from windows & doors – unload things from trailer – get power on – start unpacking while guys go for second load – while getting water tank filled – when trying to put food in frig it was moldy and standing water, find a spray bottle & vinegar, to clean out frig first – get freezer turned on – find toilet paper so we can go to the bathroom – okay, now we’re starving (it’s 10:30pm!) – back to work, where are the sleeping bags, pillows, etc.  ….  So, when you figure we left at 12:15pm that put us going to bed at 12:46am … it’s funny no matter how we do it, it always seems to be a 12 hour process to get from home to cabin.  This time we were with dad & everything was already loaded into boat because it was the first trip down this year – other times while we may not need to pull plywood off, fill the water tank, or clean out the frig – we have another load/unload process in there.

Anyway, all of that is to say WE’RE HERE!  I even brought plants down and have them all planted.  I anticipate lots of playing with the camera, blogging, writing, reading, note writing, and software learning….and all with a view!  Rain or shine.