Life as a Yowler

Let me start out by saying I figured out why I can’t upload any pictures lately. I’m at 164% of my storage capacity. This is even after upgrading my plan twice. I’m obviously no tech expert, and I’ve been uploading pictures in the highest quality form. Oops. Unless I go through each individual post and delete pictures or pay $12,000 yearly you can just look at Facebook for photos.

We are back to traveling again for business. Let me just say that this is a huge blessing. The fact that our business is doing well and thriving after an Art Van bankruptcy and a Covid shut down, is only by God’s Grace. We know that there are many business who don’t have this happy ending, and my heart truly goes out to them. I know the stress of carrying the weight of running a business and it’s definitely not for the faint. I am so thankful for God’s hand and blessing on us.

Brandon started his store trainings two weeks ago. Luckily his trainings were mostly in Ohio(where he is from) because our motor home was being fixed. We stayed at his mom’s house while Brandon drove up to 4.5 hours one way each day. We went home to Michigan after those 2 weeks and got the motor home and the suburban(that I crashed. It was done being fixed). We stayed in the motor home the night before we left and it’s a good thing we did. We realized the washing machine didn’t work. So we drove straight to General RV. They don’t fix appliances there, they had to wait for someone else to come. Six hours later, the washer still wasn’t fixed, but we decided to go ahead and leave. We will just do laundry at campgrounds. Not our first choice to use public laundry facilities during Covid.

A few hours into our drive to Texas today, a semi shredded a tire in front of us, hitting the tire on our tow dolly, causing our tire to pop. We did our best to pull over as far as we could. We were right around Nashville and people did NOT get over for us. They were whizzing by and shaking the entire motor home. We waiting over an hour for roadside service. The hour did not move quickly, let me tell you.

We still have 7 hours of driving tonight. So looks like dinner will be made on the road. Since my accident my left ear hasn’t been right and as crazy as it sounds it effects my balance. I feel dizzy and car sick much easier now. It feels like a pregnancy but minus the baby. Am I complaining? Yes, maybe a little.

I know things could be much worse and honestly I’m not even that stressed. I was reminded to slow down, take a deep breath, and surrender those things that I can’t control. I’m going to try to focus on the positive. I’m excited to spend some time in Texas over the next couple weeks. For those curious, I’ve bought 4 boxes of popsicles because every day is looking to be nearly 100 degrees. 😬