What comes after Plan B? Plan C of course!

If you've been following my story, you might recall that leaving today was my Plan B.

My foot has been feeling noticeably better each and every day, but yesterday I still was not in good enough condition to finish loading the van. I could have asked my cousins to haul everything out there for me, but then I would have had a pile of boxes and bags sitting in the middle of the open space inside the van, and I definitely didn't want to leave with it in that condition. I also realized last night that I still had a few other loose ends that it would be really good to tie up before leaving. So I changed Plan B from leaving today, to spending today running errands, making phone calls, and loading the van in preparation for leaving tomorrow.

After making all my phone calls and running my errands, I turned my attention to the van. At the highest temperature today it was about 30 degrees outside and cloudy, so everything in the van was at most 30 degrees. That did not sound at all appealing to me, but I decided to at least give it a try and I bundled up and started carrying stuff out to the van. It quickly became apparent that I was planning to take waaaaaaay too much stuff. So I started pulling stuff out of the van that wasn't essential, and finding places for the stuff I thought I would really want to have.

After about an hour of that I realized I was going to have to do some serious editing of what I'm planning to take, and that I had pushed my foot about as far as I thought it was wise to.

At that point it was clear that I'm not going to be ready to leave tomorrow. My foot isn't ready, and my head isn't ready. However, Plan B pushed me along the readiness path.

At this point you may be wondering, as I am, what in the world ever made me think on December 24 that I was going to be ready to leave on December 26? Wishful thinking, I suppose.

And what is Plan C, you ask? Well, when I look at the weather forecast for the next week, this is what I see:


The next day that looks at all attractive to me as a day to leave is Saturday, January 6. Of course the extended forecast can change and things might get better sooner. I'll keep an eye on the forecast 😜 and I'll keep working toward traveling lighter. 😊

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