Sunday ; Sunny and mild.
This morning I conducted a 6000 km. inspection on the truck, part of getting it ready for the long drive south. Like us, that truck isn't getting any younger. Using "Awesome" spray cleaner, I scrubbed the poutine gravy stains off my shoes. HA HA HA ! When
I was walking from the food vendor back to the truck camper in the parking lot at the Adams River Sockeye run last Thursday, I spilled poutine gravy all over my feet. HA HA HA ! We took Ozzie for a long walk, and I returned a book to the library in the clubhouse. Ozzie got snarled and snapped at by a female English Springer Spaniel who was off leash along our riverfront walking path. PUT YOUR DAMN DOG ON A LEASH, ASSHOLE !
After lunch and a nap we went to visit our neighbour / friend Jeanine. After supper
I worked on Joanne's spousal RRIF annual withdrawal details.
Monday ; Sunny and mild.
Fall pre-departure preparations slowly continue. I harvested the remaining lettuce in our garden, then tilled the garden. I checked the truck tire air pressures. I phoned the pharmacy to check on the prescriptions I am waiting for. HMPH ... not ready yet. I shut down our furnace ... completely ... after using it all last winter. Turned off the power at the electrical panel. Turned off the blower motor switch. Turned off the gas valve. Cleaned the filter. Hope to never have to use the furnace again. This home, and its furnace, are now twelve years old, and the furnace has been used for only one winter.
I prepared some travel documents. You know ... the "proof" that U.S. Customs & Border Patrol requires to prove that we don't intend to illegally remain in the United States beyond our six month allowance. HA HA HA ! Right ! Old Canadians ... in declining health ... living in a country with "free" / universal health care ... just might want to become illegal "Merkins". HA HA HA < SNORT > HA HA ! They're so ****ing s****d !
I did some work on our long range financial planning. Because Joanne's 65th birthday is not too far off, OAS follows that, as does income from some annuity type investment products we have. Got to "keep our ducks in a row" ! And in the evening I began working on my medication inventory records. What do I have at home ? In the
camper ? In the trailer in Yuma ? What's on order at the pharmacy ? What more do
I need ? Buy it here ? Buy it in Mexico ?
Tuesday ; Sunny and mild. Not too many of these nice fall days left.
Fall pre-departure preparations continue. Treated Ozzie's ears and brushed his ( six ) teeth, a regular weekly job. Ears remain infection free. WOO-HOO ! Made some phone calls. Disconnected and / or removed solar lighting in the yard. Found our old American cell phone. Charged its battery. Will try to reactivate it before we depart in a week. Did monthly computer backup procedures in the evening. Filled out my BC voting referendum forms. Watched a new episode of “Highway Thru Hell”. Makes me eager to never spend another winter here !
Wednesday ; Sunny and mild.
I spent much of the day on the telephone ; making calls, missing calls, lots of telephone tag ... ! All of the calls were with our travel medical insurer. Who has worked very hard, for over two months, to manipulate / back me further and further into a corner. Until there is insufficient time to permit me to purchase travel medical insurance elsewhere. And today presented me with two options ; bad and worse ! ! ! Pay more than double the two thousand dollars they have already charged me for six months worth of travel medical insurance coverage, or ... delay our departure for three weeks. It's a long and aggravating story / explanation. I won't even bother !
I chose the three week delayed departure.
And ... I am NOT happy about it ! ! ! ! !
So ... I might as well start my campaign as soon as possible ;
ANYONE WHO NEEDS TRAVEL MEDICAL INSURANCE ... DON'T CHOOSE MEDIPAC. THEY ARE NOT TRUSTWORTHY ! ! ! ! ! AND THEY PROVIDE EXCEPTIONALLY POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE !
Let's hope ... and pray, if you are so inclined ... that we won't need to make a claim with them over this upcoming winter season. Because ... if they work that hard to make it that difficult to purchase travel medical insurance, I am certain that they would put an extraordinary amount of effort into finding ways to deny claims made.
Thursday ; Cloudy and cool.
And yet another day goes by where MEDIPAC fails to do what they said yesterday would get done today ! ! ! ! ! Have lost count of how may times this has happened in the past two and a half months ! ! ! ! !
Spent much of today thinking about and revising travel plans. Neighbour / friend Jeanine came over for a visit this afternoon. Late this morning we went into town to pick up prescriptions, refill water jug, refill propane tank, buy produce. Had a "medications review" meeting with pharmacist.
Friday ; Penticton
Cloudy and mild.
Today was another long day of running errands in Penticton. It was supposed to be our last errand day in Penticton before departing for the winter, but ... obviously ... now that is not the case.
At home in the evening I worked on reconciling and paying our October MasterCard billing. YIKES ! And trip planning. Planning where to have American Thanksgiving dinner ( Seven Feathers Casino in Southern Oregon ) and where to buy SAS shoes and maybe a laptop computer on Black Friday ( Medford in Southern Oregon ).
Saturday ; Sunny and mild. We continued trip planning and preparations today.
I got hired today to tow a trailer next Thursday, my last trailer towing job of the year, no doubt. It means taking the camper off the truck, reinstalling the fifth wheel hitch, then removing the hitch and reinstalling the camper after the job is completed. Lots of work, but ... oh, well ! It makes up for / is exactly the same amount of revenue as the job I lost a few weeks ago due to a "dead" truck.
DSK
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