Six days until our departure.
We are still getting things settled around the domicile - it has been too stiflingly hot to do all that much, considering it takes a good chunk of our energy just to stay cool, but there is plenty to do in the next few days. Pack up the clothes and items we are taking, pack up the remaining items for storage and then actually go out and put the things in storage, and cancel all remaining subscriptions and services.
I am still working to find a residential home for the feline, since, not being a dog and all, she prefers a quiet house and a routine to the open road and a tent. However, I have gotten very few promising leads in this area, which makes it all the more depressing and thankless. I'm trying to stay hopeful that it will all pay off in a big way for the little lady - after all, we create our own realities every single day, and I'd really like to create her a very nice one.
It is crushingly hot here. Our apartment lacks air conditioning, and the house fans were sold in bulk at the flea market along with a majority of our belongings - even the cat can't bring herself to do anything during the day except lay around and be immobile, and the advantage we humans usually have of being able to take off our clothing brings very little relief in temperatures that reach 100. Colorado is an extremely arid climate, the prairie has gotten only 1" of rainfall in the last six months; the dryness is compounding the high temperatures and the wind, fanning the flames in Waldo Canyon and expanding the fire to around 4,000 acres. In addition to the wildfire in my backyard, there are at least four other fires raging in the state right now - none of which have been contained or controlled.
Central Colorado will always be home to me, but it definitely seems as though Mother Nature is kicking us out of the nest. I am very eager to embark on our journey.
Only six days left to wait.
-Grace
