After all my weeks of early to bed and early to rise and feeling great, this past week has been terrible. We’ve had events every night and been getting home after 9 and by the time I’m asleep it’s past 11. Thankfully spring break starts this weekend (who has spring break in February?!) so I’m hoping to get back on track.
I’m in the car waiting while Carter has his 3rd appointment to get his knee warts checked/frozen off. The knee warts were the only thing standing between him and Navy in August. I’m hoping he stays whole between now and his next physical in June when he enlists.
I went from work to the gym, then straight to school to pick Carter up for his apt, then back to school to drop him off for practice (he’s coaching powder puff football) then I can finally go home — explaining why the photo of me looks like I need a nap (And because I’m not getting all my extra sleep at night).
I’ve been thinking about summer this week as temperatures here have started soaring. Last week it was freezing (in the low 70s) and this week I think we’ve been in the 90s. Sweaty season has begun.
My travel plans at the moment are to land in San Francisco and take Carter to do his Navy enlistment. Hopefully he’ll be wart free by then and fit for duty. Then depending on his boot camp date I plan to travel north with either 2 or 3 kids and explore Northern CA, Oregon, and Idaho. The plan is to have only a bare bones plan and not do too many long driving days, but to take our time and explore without rushing.
Since we already know that UAE isn’t our forever home (As a non-citizen, you can only live in UAE if you have an employment visa), I’ve been thinking about places where we might want to live eventually. Even though CA is expensive, we haven’t ruled it out completely, since it’s home. But before we commit to anything, I want to check out a few more places that might give us what we want for less $$$. Off the top of our heads we would consider Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Colorado, Arizona, and Texas (maybe). A distant runner up could be Tennessee, but it loses points for not being in the West (same with Texas).
So I’m starting from CA and working outward — I figure if I explore OR and ID I’ll get a good feel for the region and either look further or cross it off the list. Colorado would be #2 after CA, but it’s expensive these days and further away. We’ll look at Arizona eventually if if the north is too cold.
Of course with the way the Corona virus is spreading, come July we’ll be holed up with our masks on in a Motel 6 in Eureka, CA hoping that we’re not going to be taking part in a real life The Walking Dead.
Update: The doctor said Carter’s knees are all clear and he doesn’t need any more treatments. But about 5 minutes ago he discovered that he’s grown again, surpassing his dad, so needs to put on more weight to make the Navy minimum weight requirement. Only 4 lbs to go to hit 150. (at 6’2″)
