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I AM AMAZED!

I am so surprised by all the people who are so happy I am going on this trip and wishing they could go! Who knew! I mean this is not something I've always wanted to do, although I do love to travel. It's more like an opportunity and I never pass up an opportunity. Its a lesson I learned a long time ago. I read a book called Richdad /Poordad. What I got from the book was that so many people live to work, instead of working to live. They never have a plan. They work at a job just to work, no thought of 5 or 10 years down the line. Where do you wanna be in life? What do you wanna be? He also says that opportunities come and we dont see them right before our eyes. Here's and interesting fact, I was just watching that Ice T show he was giving a speech. He said "people complain about their lives, they want this, they want that, and opportunities come but they cannot see them because they are too busy complaining. If you want things to happen for you then YOU have to take the opportunity when it comes!" DING! This was just a couple of days ago. I felt like he was saying, "hey dont question your decision to go...go!This is an opportunity that many people never have, so go!"  Believe me when I tell you I wasnt debating anything. But, it seems like everyone thinks its a good idea, no a great idea! 

I have to take pictures of the picture case that  I bought from office depot. Its so great. It holds like 6 small cases inside which hold 100 pictures. So the whole cas holds 600, its so great. I have baby pictures of my son in one, then in the other pictures of our family including my moms trips to Hawaii and Jamaica. I got my AAA premier service signed up and ready to go. I am going to get an oil change, check all the fluids I think next week. I know I have a spare tire, but I am gonna have them check that as well.

Oh did I tell you about the great hotel I found in Niagra falls? I will, but gotta get pictures of it first!

LIST LIST AND MORE LIST'S....

I am a list maker. I keep track of everything.  I am trying to make sure I have everything we need to travel. I am signing up for AAA before I leave, It includes trip interruption, and some great travel coverage.  I know i have a spare, need to see if I have a jack. (not that I know how to change a tire..ugh!) I wanna take pictures with me for the family to see how my son has grown, some have never seen his baby pictures. I made some picture books that I want to take of my mom and her best friends. I looked on the Container Store for some water proof boxes. I found a really reasonable container that holds 6 individual containers for pictures. I was looking for another medium size storage bin to put in the truck. I think we need a cooler. I have three suit cases, 1 for me, 1 for my son with our like summer clothes, then 1 suit case for both of us with winter clothes.  I have two laptops to take, with chargers and cords, and I need to get cases or travel bags for them.  I have my work phone with my headset that I need to take as well.  I am a master couponer, so I have to take my coupons, plus my box of inserts. I don't buy anything without a coupon! I have my teas that I have to bring with me, hard to find teas that I cannot just pick up in the grocery store. My coconut oil that I cook with, because yes I will be cooking. We will only be able to eat out occassionally. We will do what we do at home find resturants that offer kids eat free meals. Many of them offer at least one day a week. Alehouse, Chillis, Ihop, Dennys, Perkins. Oh, my jewely making stuff. I make my own jewlery. I have two cases full of stuff. My aunt in NC makes jewelry too so I want her to see all the stuff mom and I had.

I'm working mad hours to make sure all the bills are paid before I leave. I will still have to work while I am traveling but since my hours area flexible I can work whenever I need. I am so excited...

 41 days and counting...

42 DAYS AND COUNTING...

Okay, So I was off a day when I started posting. I am excited can ya blame me! I am so ready to go, I wish today was August 1, its not even July 1st yet. But, I have so many things to do first I will try not to rush anything. So many people have asked me how are you able to just go on vacation like that. Going from place to place. How can you afford it? I can't, not really. What I can afford to do is pay for gas, feed myself and my son.  Thank god for family offering us places to stay, and, and I have have to work at everystop. That is the other good/bad thing. I work at home, and my son is homeschooled. So we are mobile in general. All I need is a regular phone line, and access to wireless internet. I work about 5-6hrs a day, leaving the rest of my day free. My son is required to do at least 4hrs of schooling a day. Nothing stops us from traveling. I have talked to all of my family in each stop. I made sure they all understood I do have to work while I am there. It would be great not to have to work at all, but then I would never be able to travel, not like this anyway. The one thing I have learned is to run with an opportunty when it's presented. Guess what I am off and running....

IT'S OFFICAL....

I recently lost my mother to breast cancer. I am having an extremely hard time dealing with her death. Some of my issues may be due to the fact that we lived together for the last 5 years. Sometimes I swear I hear her outside. I feel like any minute she is gonna walk through the door as she always did. We had some wonderful times. But everything reminds me of her every single day.  I feel like I need a change, something? I just couldn't figure out what to do next.  I feel like I am no longer in the right space, or place for me. So many of my family members have said, "why don't you come for a visit?" I thought, why the hell not! I no longer have any ties to this city. So, I am going to go visit "ALL" of them.  My mothers oldest sister lives in Brunswick GA just outside of Jacksonville Fl. So I am gonna spend my first week in Jacksonville were I grew up. I am only 2hrs from there in Orlando.  Then I will spend two weeks in Brunswick. My mothers youngest sister lives in Salisbury NC, so I am gonna spend at least one week there. My dad's family lives just outside Richmond VA in Hanover. I am not sure how long I can stay in VA, maybe a day or two. My mothers brother (also deceased) has daughters that live near Capitol City MD/DC. I will spend the weekend with them. My eldest cousin lives in South Jersey NJ. I am gonna spend at last two weeks in New Jersey with her, we have a lot of family there I have never met before.  My moms oldest friend lives in Long Island NY, and my son's uncle also lives in  Manhattan i think. This will be our last stop before heading to Niagra Falls in Ontario.  

I am so excited I can barely contain myself. I am not one of those people that are good with being in limbo. Thats how I have felt for the last couple of weeks. So having a plan...
 OH I AM OVER THE MOON!
Count town begins to AUGUST 1.... 42 days and counting....
(I almost feel like Oprah.... wish I had some of her money.. LOL)