5/25/2024 U.S.A

        Memorial day is here. It's  a day we recognize the sacrifices of those who formed the union and those who worked to keep the union intact. It began because people were upset about taxes. But it morphed into a more nobler cause. A government that would recognize all It's citizens as valued contributing members. It took awhile to get here.  People were given more freedom than ever before. Tyranny was shown the door. But they're always trying to sneak back in, even to this day. The US stayed together after the Civil War. By staying together we became stronger. That strength was needed when WW 1 came around and then 20 years later WW2. It was the US that changed the tide in this horrendous war. Without the US we would have been part of the thousand year Reich. There are people today that still want to recreate this scenario. The US must remain united to confront this from happening. This is why this year 2024 is so very important. For us and the world this upcoming election is critical. We can make more uncertainty for ourselves and grief. Or we can be thankful for what we have. To preserve what we have, we must uphold the constitution and our own hard fought for.... democracy. It is very hard to create something of value and so bloody easy to knock it down. Let's  keep building like our fore fathers have done. Let's keep weaving that tapestry that makes America great. God.... please keep on blessing America. But we have to show that we are capable of earning that blessing as well.

     Go in God always.

5/16/2024 it's a Maybe

        So I sat on edge of bed this morning and put my attention on spirit for a second. I get   something big is coming. It repeats over and over, same words. What is coming, have no clue. Is it a world event or something that is more personal. Strange indeed. We'll see if it comes to pass. I think it will happen in weeks not months. Time will tell.

5/14/2024 So.....You Want A Bigger Truck Do You

        I wanted a 26 ft U-Haul truck for the move, with a tow dolly. That was my goal. 1900 dollars and I could get it. Finally saved enough money. My wife gets dream to rent a smaller truck. So I put a reserve on a 20 footer as well as the 26 ft one.  The 20 footer was 200 cheaper. A week before the move, U-Haul calls, they say I can have the 26 footer for the price of the 20 footer. Ok... I say, thanks.  Load up on Sunday and take off late afternoon on Monday. My wife can't take the movement of the truck so we went to U-Haul and turned in the truck for 2 pods. It took me 3 days in 85 degree heat to pack each one. I  did all the lifting. So I didn't heed the dream and I paid the hefty price.

       A word on stuff. In hindsight. I would do a way better job in controlling my gathering of stuff. It catches up with you. Go over your stuff and do some serious evaluating. I gave myself an F in this department. Better organizing was in order. I didn't do it. And it bit me.

       The guy at U-Haul said it was unusual that the bosses were bending over backwards in helping in our quest to get the pods swapped in. He couldn't get over it. Says this has never happened before. I attributed it to divine spirit looking out for us. The pods arrived at their destination in a rain storm and I got them unloaded, in the next 2 days. Fitting the stuff into a smaller place is taking 2 weeks. With all this work, falling asleep is no problem.

       The next quest is finding a job.

5/09/2024 Cheese It. It's The Cops

        During this move, I brought with me some hard boiled eggs and some cheese. I kept them in an insulated bag with some frozen water bottles. When I got to a hotel I would put them in the fridge. Around the 4 th night out on the road, I get a dream. Don't remember much of anything except the word cheese. I took that to mean toss the cheese. Which I did that morning. One of the illnesses you can get from cheese is listeria. Or salmonella. Don't need that. I'm thankful to spirit for the dream. Just that 1 word cheese got the message across. During my life I got food poisoned bad 2 times. One from a warmed up meatball sandwich, I got from a bar near my work. The other time was a fast food hamburger joint. Ate 2 greasy burgers. Huge mistake. I might of had a slight musgiving about it. But I was stupid then. Survived it and learned a valuable lesson. Never got sick at home. 2 times on the road. Listening to Spirit's clues helps in not having to go through these type of experiences. Use them, the clues and nudges in every aspect in your life.

5/05/2024 Pardon Me

        I dropped my lock card key into the latch. The hotel door slowly opens to a woman sitting in a chair. Damn it. I say sorry. She says it's ok and gets up to take walk to front desk. We wait. She comes back with new key for me to a room 5 doors down. The key works, but I quickly knock before entering. The lady that handed me the key laughed. I'm getting the luggage in the door and she comes walking back. She says now my key doesn't work. Back to the front desk. Not a short walk. I'm glad she had a laid back demeantor. This hotel was strange. No elevators. Initially they gave me a room on second floor and I had a lot of luggage on the dolly. That meant walking bags up the stairs. A second guy came and said he'd get me a room on 1st floor. That key opened the lady's room. To make a left you had to go right, then down a tiled ramp, then cross the atrium which had a pool in it but walls blocked the view of it. It did not block the humidity. Then on the left side it was up another tiled ramp. On to a carpeted floor and down a small decline of vinyl plank flooring. Other than that, everything was ok. 

       Back to the lady whose life got interupted. She makes her life better by going with the flow. When irritations arise she's up to the challenge. She did better than me that day. 

4/30/2024 Paring Down the Hard way

        Stuff. It either owns you or you own it. My stuff owns me. The first move I did back in 88 was a killer moving an hour south. Took all my books and tools. A couple friends of mine took us all week. Those books were something. I got them on shelves I built.  When it was time to  move on 15 years later, I said no way. I got rid of half of them. This move I removed 2/3 rds of them. So me and 2 buddies of mine filled up a 26 ft uhaul. Did 2/3 rd full. Well my wife on trip couldn't take the jostle of the truck and tow dolly. With limited funds, have to Ditch the van and take the car. Some will go in pods. Dropped a lot of stuff at goodwill. Not fun to say the least. She did get tipped off by dreams she had about the impending problem but didn't act on those dreams. So it's going to be a wild ride. Another adventure coming up. Won't forget this trip for a long long time.

4/28/2024. In a Pickle

        Moving day was yesterday. Driving a 26 ft U-Haul with a tow dolly. First time with a vehicle this big. Pull into a hotel parking lot. I unloaded some bags for the night. All ok. I go to repark. I drove thru back parking lot. I tried to make a turn to the left. There was an 18 wheeler in parked in front of me.  To my left parked a pickup truck with a boat behind it. To my rear an island with a concrete curb. I can't complete the turn. Try to backup. Keep hitting the back curb. This is happening at 9pm. Get out of truck to look at the dolly. Readjust. Must of did it 20 times. Then I give up ask spirit for it's help. A guy comes out of hotel and walks to his pickup truck, not the one with the boat. I ask him if he is familiar backing up a tow dolly, he says no. But then says he'll give it a try.  After 10 min of backing up then forward many times, he gets  enough room just barely to make that left. I couldn't believe it. I was so thankful. Hopefully I learned my lesson about tight spots. But it was interesting that as soon as I asked, the guy comes into sight. My job was to open my big mouth. And ask for his help.  Thank-you  Divine Spirit and the guy.