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Borrego Springs, CA

Thursday, May 24, 2012

♫♪ Some times you feel like a nut; Sometimes you don’t ♪♫

Last night as Emma and I were taking a walk around the campground loop, a women called out to me, “Hey Judy, is that you?”  “You don’t know me from Adam, but I read your blog.”   It turned out to be Claudia and Tom Litton, fellow fulltimers.  We had a nice chat.  They are originally from this area, and suggested I might not want to take my planned route to my next destination.  Well, this morning I wasn’t feeling like a nut, so I changed my itinerary for the day.  I decided Emma and I would once again scope out both routes to the next COE park I’ll be staying at instead of me going to Andersonville today.  I figured any COE campground is going to be busy as a hornet’s nest on Friday, and maybe people would be so busy getting somewhere that fewer folks would visit Andersonville.

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I also wanted to see what the site I had reserved on line looked like, and see if there were any first come first served sites that might be available after the holiday weekend.  While the roads I took to get there were well maintained with light traffic, it took an awful long time to get there with lots of road changes involved.  I took interstates back around Atlanta here to the Holiday Campground, and I do believe I’ll go with my original route.  Atlanta wasn’t as bad as I had expected, but of course I learned to drive in Chicago and have driven the rig through many large cities before.  There were lots of Canada geese around this park.

As we got back to Holiday, the gate folks told me I had a package.  I had checked with them on Monday to see if I might be able to get my mail delivered here, and they agreed.  It was a good sized package as I haven’t gotten my mail since the beginning of April.  Kind of gave me a Christmas in May feeling.  Smile

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Uncle Sam’s been keeping tract of me and sent me a welcome to Medicare booklet.  I’m sure that will give me some interesting reading over the next week or so.  I’ve already received my card which goes into effect on July 1, and I’ve been working on the supplemental coverage part and drug coverage.  It’s kind of a surprise to me that I’ve just about reached this milestone.  It always seemed so far off.

Now for the feeling like a nut (or dork) part.  One of the blogs I follow is Crystal Creations by Kathy, and in April I inquired about one of her bracelet creations.  I’m not one for much jewelry, but I do like certain rings and bracelets.

IMG_8296In the mail today was the turquoise and copper bracelet that Kathy had offered to make for me.  I really like it, and I think it goes well with my Zuni ring that I got years ago in Arizona. 

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And she made it with a latch that a solo person can operate on their own!  How cool is that?  Another blog that I follow is BirdingRVers.  When I got the package today, it had a return address of Grant and Kathy Webb, the authors of BirdingRVers.  Had I ever made the connection with Kathy Webb and Grant and Kathy Webb?  Nope!  Duh!!  My only consolation is to consider how many bloggers or bloggers’ wives are named Donna.   That’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it!

It was really hot while Emma and I were sitting outside this evening, and as I looked at that little bay behind my rig it was sure beckoning to me.  I went inside, put on my swimming suit and walked right in for a swim.  Oh my, it was refreshing!  Emma was whining a little as she watched me, so I came back for her.  Now she is definitely not a water dog, but with me sitting in the water, she actually walked in up to her belly with a little coaxing.  The green heron even flew in to work the shoreline.  A pleasant ending to another day.  As I floated in my own little private bay, “when I am old, I will wear purple” popped into my head.  Sometimes it’s good to feel like a nut…

Thanks for stopping by… talk to you later,  Judy

23 comments:

  1. What a nice person to send you the bracelet. She did a lovely job.

    I could never go in that water this time of year. I don't care if it was 100 for a week in a row. Burrrr!

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  2. George Stoltz May 24 8:56 PM

    Judy

    In a word ---- your blog is ---- refreshing.

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  3. Gorgeous bracelet; and yes it goes so well with your ring.

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  4. I used to read "when I am old I will wear purple" and think it was kinda stupid......to say the least.... Guess what???????? My fav color is purple....and even work the shades into my artwork now....the laugh is on me!

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  5. Oh, Judy. I love turquoise and have some very old stuff...I prefer silver and some turquoise or coral..Aunt Jeanette has some VERY old stuff bought in Arizona over 40 years ago....Good choice on the bracelet....

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  6. I bought purple hiking poles today! I don't like to wear bracelets, always afraid they will get caught on something. I haven't worn a ring for years.

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  7. Love the bracelet. And I can't believe you got Emma in the water. No way would our girls go in even if we were drowning. lol

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  8. Very nice bracelet. Glad you enjoyed your swim.

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  9. Your life sounds so interesting!

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  10. very nice bracelet and the ring is pretty too!!!..you know of course Tucker would have been in the water with you in no time flat!

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  11. My Medicare becomes effective July 1st also. I knew we had a lot in common. :)

    My purple pantsuit is now too big so is in the Goodwill bag but I still have my red visor. And I still have one purple shirt. I may need to buy more for those days when I feel like a nut.

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  12. Appreciation for great content.Bracelet is very nice......

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  13. My favorite line from my favorite poem is: "When I get old I shall learn to spit!" I should probably start practicing because I shall be old soon.

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  14. What a nice way to end a day -- walking into your own private swimming area!

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  15. what a beautiful bracelet, and great that the clasp is for a single person to work. stopped wearing bracelets because of taking 2 people to put on and take off. too much hassle. Maybe Emma needs Tucker and Riggs to show her how much fun the water can be.

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  16. HA! I got my Medicare package a few months ago and have my first Dr appt under that system next week. Should be interesting. standby for all kinds of other junk mail related to medicare. It has been arriving almost daily for months.

    I dumped the hard copy of the books and downloaded the PDF versions and set up a personnel medicare account online, even though I am not sure what I am going to do with it.

    Let me be among the first to welcome you to gezzerhood:)

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  17. Judy, you're not a nut, just an over worked volunteer! LOL
    I'm so glad you like the bracelet and the ring goes with it very well!

    I have always loved purple and didn't wait to be old to wear it! :)

    How funny! I thought you found my blog FROM Birdingrvers!
    We both had a good laugh this morning!!
    Enjoy your private swimming area!
    Kathy

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  18. Sometimes you feel like a nut...and you do it so nicely! ;c)

    You may be approaching that special milestone, but you still act like a teenager!

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  19. I only have a few months more than you and I will hit the big milestone too...cannot believe how quickly it got here! Love the bracelet and great match for the ring. I like purple -- guess that means I'm old:o( Life is good!

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  20. Not a thing you did seems nutty to me. I have done them myself so how can they not be just right? :-)))

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  21. Good for you for going swimming. Now if you just had a purple swimming suit and a red sun hat, you'd be all set.

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