Playing it by Ear

Shall we go camping this weekend?

That's the question that's on our mind this week. And, we're wrestling with the answer just a bit.

That we can even entertain the question as we approach the first of February is probably reason enough to go. While much of the country is covered with snow, ice and chilly temps, our forecast calls for sun and upper 60's. That's a big check in the "go" column.

In the "no go" column, we have a long list of pre-fulltiming to dos. Many of the items on that list are the kinds of things that it seems we can only accomplish on a weekend. And, there are precious few open weekends on the calendar between now and when we'll put the house on the market.

Not so long ago, this was supposed to be the weekend to pack our movable storage bin. But, we've re-thought the order of things and pushed that back a few weeks. So, these few days we thought would be busy packing are now free. And, we find ourselves flip-flopping about what we want to do.

But, now that we're towing the Jeep, the question of what to do for the weekend doesn't have to be answered during the week. We don't need a weeknight to make a trip for provisions, or time to pack it all up before we go. Now, we can make a last-minute decision, pack a bag, the cats and roll. Everything we need on the road is now in reach with our trusty Jeep.

So, we're no longer wrestling with this question. We're playing it by ear.

Stay tuned!