Woke up during the night and discovered I had a bedroom companion. About a 1' long snake under the edge of the bureau. Used a broom and dustpan to throw it outside. Good thing it is so cool on the tile floor that it was very slow to react. It was so skinny that it probably had been in the house for a long time without eating. I leave the back door open many evenings/mornings for the cool, fresh air. I guess it invited itself in one of those times.
Had Sunday breakfast with my oldest son at Harry's in downtown Houston. When we meet like that we do a lot more talking than when we get together at his house. I don't know why, but it just works that way.
Well, almost everything is in place for launch tomorrow. Just need to connect power to the Casita this evening to have the frige cool enough to transfer food from the house to the trailer in the morning and get some cash for the Japan leg of the trip. Did buy a trailer locking kit at Walmart yesterday. That is to secure the trailer while it is waiting for me at the air force base long term parking. If I don't catch the flight from the Ft. Worth NAS - I have decided to buy the Yamaha EF2400is generator for the trip to Ca. I was tempted to buy either a Generac 2000 watt or a Champion unit. All I need for this trip is something to keep the fridge cold, make coffee, operate the microwave, and keep the battery charged. But, upon reflection, I realized that living in Texas - if I was going to do any boondocking (for metal detecting) - I would need the air conditioning to be comfortable in the evenings and I like my morning and evening network news (NCIS also). While I won't have satellite TV for this trip, I will have it for later excursions.
Bought a Uniden Slimline phone for the Magicjack telephone adapter. The MJ will allow me to have U.S. telephone service while in Japan. Hooked it up to the notebook computer and used it yesterday to make sure that it worked okay. It is working fine. Answered/made several calls with it yesterday and no one could tell it wasn't a regular land line phone service. I will use email & Skype to communicate with the family in Japan as I work my way over there.
I just realized that I need to wear a watch on this trip as I won't have the cell phone telling me the time in Japan.
Living alone is for the birds. My father lived alone for many, many years and I really didn't think much about it. Now I understand much more about his lifestyle and am sorry that I didn't pay more attention to how he must have felt living alone. I miss him also.
Checking out for now, stay tuned for the next adventure filled chapter in the Next to Last Journey!
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