Sunday, August 16, 2020

Everything Seems So Temporary Now (It Always Has)

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I was standing out on the front porch yesterday morning enjoying the birds singing and having my second cup of coffee.  If you ever stay here or if you have you'll get an early wake-up call with the birds followed by the loud pheasant like chachalacas.  

As I was standing there, I looked around at how nice the yard looks since I have taken over the task.  The rv is nice and shiny, the bamboo surrounding our yard is nice and green, and it did absolutely nothing for me.  I've never been a material person.  In fact, I don't actually feel as though I own anything.  As I said in the title, everything is really temporary.  People come and go and live and die and what they own goes back to the government, a relative who will most likely piss it away or sometimes it just sits there forever.  There are literally millions of places around the world that are abandoned.  Nobody ever claimed them or the government took them but never did anything with them.  As I was growing up I had set a death date of 2070, that would make me 113 years old.  Now I realize that will never happen.  In conclusion, I don't get excited about money, houses, cars, and I've never felt like I need to keep up with anyone.  As an rv Youtuber says, "I do me, you do you" and I like that.  I'm not the forever optimist but that doesn't mean I'm not fun to be around either.

The heat has been doing its wonderful job of making most people in this belt or band of the planet generally miserable.  I hear the same line every day, "be thankful for what you have".  Meh.  I could do with or without but what we do have we earned, it wasn't gifted to us so I think most people are just not very productive and the heat doesn't help at all.  I have to say that I see the roadworkers out there (last week it was 106F) and they just keep plugging along.  I give them credit but it should be like a temporary job, you know, the MacDonald's type for high schoolers or part-time for college kids.  It shouldn't be a career.   But, we don't encourage people to study, just get by for today.

I've been reading about the new millennial group of climate changers who want to save the planet.  They say my generation screwed everything up and that we were selfish not to think about the future and that of the others to come.  Our generation got a very late start on saving the planet and most of us, as I am at the tail end of boomers, didn't have a clue that we were destroying anything.  They thought they were being productive and providing for a great future.  A 17-year-old climate changer said, "the planet had better get busy cleaning up or else".  Well, she hasn't been around the block yet.  As one of my most admired brothers has said, "most of the planet lives in shit" and that's the truth.  Do you really believe that people living on $1 a day could care about pollution much less recycling?  Their only goal is to eat something for that day and they aren't even concerned about tomorrow.  They use public waterways for bathrooms and still do what the British did before indoor plumbing, just chuck it out the window.  You can tell I have been watching documentaries such as; "The Most Dangerous Roads" and "The Most Difficult Way To School", way too much!

Anyway.  We do have some good news (if you've continued to read this far 😃), we received a call from our resort down the road.  They are open and wanted to make sure we bring the rv.  The manager really likes us.  That was a nice thing.  However, it's still too hot to go anywhere around here.  We can travel now within Mexico to some degree but in our case, it has to be a place that has extremely good wifi.  Juan has his online classes at least for now.  We may have news on his second retirement in a month.  In the meantime, we are looking for a place we can drive to, have excellent wifi, and be able to be somewhat close to outdoor activities.  Renting an Airbnb only to sit inside doesn't sound too appealing although it would be a change of pace!

That's where I am at now with my 126th day of internment.   I guess it's better than beating the streets of Dhaka's suburbs.  Be happy, have a rant once in a while, fix a drink, and you'll get over it.  

7 comments:

  1. The pandemic hasn't changed much in our lives other than a few places we were going to visit. We just found new places to stay. Being a minimalist makes life much less complicated.

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  2. When we start lifes journey we don't really know where it will take us. We accumulated a lot of stuff that was neccessary for our farming lifestyle over the years. Always maintained, never sold and no toys as we never played. Now it's all a burden..who knew! We have always found work to be enjoyable and still do. Our 40 acres keeps us mentally and physically fit as much as it can at our over 70 ages. It's just life and we have to live it the best way we can. Great post, very thoughtful.

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    1. Kathy Tycho, I'd love to see that microwave. A friend in San Antonio has an original all chrome Amana Radar Range!

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    2. Panasonic Genius over the range model..our daughter says it's going to wreck my brain...too late!

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  3. I guess you could say I'm materialistic for my comforts but not to show off. When my kids were young, I purchased a bungalow knowing I could afford the mortgage in bad times...the crashed of 2008 didn't phase me...kept my mortgage payments even tho I was upside down and at 7.5% interest because it was our home. Purchased a mid-sized truck in 2002 to help me move my camping stuff around and help my kids move from apartment to apartment or from home to home. The truck has paid for itself 100 times over. I've hauled many varied things from bulk trash to landfill to hauling water for livestock to moving furniture and taking stuff to Goodwill. I still have the truck although I've replaced almost all moving parts and some non-moving parts. The truck was 18 years old in July with 175,000 miles. I can no long trust it to take me on a road trip but it hauls me around town and still useful. I do long for a new truck tho. I have never bought new furniture...all came from rummage sale, hand-me-downs, or thrift stores. I just make slip covers for them and they are new again. Same with household dishes. The appliances I bought and replace when needed. But yes, we are here temporarily so I don't need a pool, fancy clothes, or lots of use once in a while toys. Everything I own I use daily if not weekly except for Xmas decor. My personal stuff can be rid of pronto. The house and other useful items will be handed down.

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    1. Our kids are always after us to replace our 1974 furniture, our electric tea maker and microwave are from the 80's...something that is unheard of today. Good for you!

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  4. I really like your last sentence. A lot.

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