Camping. We’ve Done That.

This is Peanut Butter Brickle. It’s a good thing that Girl Person types this blog for me.

Because I don’t have a lot of energy today. I’ve been having a very rough couple days. And I’m not feeling good. I want to feel good. But my body is tired. My body is weak.

I wish it was as strong as my mind and my willpower. And my handsome. George Clooney should still watch out.

But none of us can escape age. Age is just how long you have lived. How long you have loved.

How long you have fought for what you believe in or for yourself. And I know time is not on my side right now. But my persons are. And you are.

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I was very happy that I finally got to see my little house in Italy. But sometimes when you reach a goal, you want more. And that’s ok.

It doesn’t mean you don’t appreciate making that goal. It just means you see more. You wonder how wonderful that goal can be. And for me, I want to feel the dirt at my house. I want to smell the smells. I want to be there and go up that path and not have to leave. I want to stay. And the persons want to make that happen for me. But it’s easier said than done. Or is it?

Sometimes persons put extra requirements on decisions. We’ve been moving from house to house to another house for a year now in this transition. And I like some of them. But none of them are mine. I don’t have the choice on whether to stay or not. It’s not mine. This house is actually mine.

So even though the persons probably need another week or more to get one room ready to their liking, I don’t know if I have that time. So what do we do?

The persons decided we are going to go camping. We’ve done that before, yeah. We did that for many years. And I think we can figure it out.

So the persons are going to go shopping today. Now, they can’t buy a lot at once. That would mean carrying a lot up the hill. Like Boy Person did yesterday. He bought a cart. But ended up carrying the cart too.

So far on our list, we have this:

Blow up mattress

Sheets

Clothesline, soap, bucket

Little stove

Some type of shower situation. Shower bag? Water can come from waterfall until we figure out pipes.

Small refrigerator for my prosciutto

Small table and chairs

Another fan

Cleaning supplies

Lanterns with batteries

Mosquito net? We don’t know if we need one but maybe

Cell phone booster. Reception not good

Do you have any suggestions? We know this isn’t ideal. But life has a way of making you see who and what is important. The worse case scenario is that we have to leave. But we cross that path back down once we get there.

I feel like we have trained for this moment. We’ve been broken down in RVs. We’ve been camped on the side of the road. We’ve dealt with bears. And alligators.

And losing Digby, which was the hardest trial of all. Digby taught us many things about living. And life. He lived every day to the full. He assumed there was no tomorrow.