Well, I have officially retired as of January 24, 2014. After a farewell get together with Ron, Donna, Rachel (their spouses) and Dr. Chuang we were ready to begin the preparations for our trip.
Not so fast - Ron shows me this rash on his arm that looks suspicious. Then he shows me several other lesions along the nerve pathways up his arm. YIKES! Looks like shingles to me. Of course it was Saturday so I called the on-call Doc. After some discussion he ordered an anti-viral for Ron with the understanding that he would be seen in the office on Monday. Saturday was a bust, so we didn’t do much in the way of packing. Ron didn’t feel great and I was tired as well.
Sunday was a whole new day and we decided to get hopping and get the MH loaded. We worked all day Sunday and Monday thinking we would be ready to depart on Tuesday.
After a quick visit to the Doctor on Monday the diagnosis of shingles was confirmed and we were sent on our way.
That evening our Grandson Steven stopped by to bid us farewell. We settled in for the evening anticipating an early start in the morning. But that was not to be. We had been watching the weather and it was predicted that the I-95 south east corridor was going to be hit with a huge ice and snow storm beginning Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday morning.
Normally Ron would not let the weather get in his way, but he has experienced bad winter weather in the South during his days as a truck driver. Sooo, once in a row Ron used some common sense and decided that since our main route of travel, (at least for the first three days ) would be I-95 that it was prudent for us to stay home and watch the weather pattern and the clean-up after the storms.
So here we sit with a fully packed MH and empty cabinets in our home in freezing cold weather. All we want is a little warmth and sun - but alas – it is not to be quite yet. We are hoping to leave on Thursday. We will see.
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