A non fiction excerpt from my life

John woke up and knew he needed a shower. It wasn't that he smelled but he made it a habit to shower once a day.  He slept well but only an 70 percent  on his scale.  The night was warm but not enough to put on the air conditioner without getting in a fight (it might night have worked anyway).  Lupe parked herself in her normal spot right on my pillow next to me and Jen by the open window.  My leg pillow was becoming a pain in the ass because it was to big and I made a mental note to bring a smaller pillow next time.  Lupe is so sweet and snuggles us where Dora just lays by our feed until she is woken by Jen taken a trip to the bathroom and she is ejected from her dead sleep condition into a free fall 4 feet to the ground.  This all followed by "oh, I am so sorry Dora.".The alarm went off at 7 am as usual and I didn't snooze but just canceled the alarm.  We woke up at 8 am, begrudgingly and I made my coffee.  Jen took the girls for a walk and I checked my email and responded as necessary.  We had a plan for the day and it was a good one.  Leave the campground and stop by a Newmar dealer to see the quality of their motor coaches and then onto a 6.5 mile loop hike on our way to Philadelphia to meet Kasey and Sarah for dinner.  I had to make sure I got Jen out for a walk or I would be screwed.  Everything went to plan and we arrived at the dealership right at 11 am.  We did the normal meet and greet and then went to look at the motor coaches.  

It is amazing to me that people are so unresponsive to customers needs for purchases.  My team does not do this at our dealership and I am glad we do it our way.  We liked what we saw and got caught in the whirl wind sales process and had to follow the protocol and get the numbers from the salesmen, inspect trade, meet the manager, and so on.   It was fine and I admired his process but it takes way too long to complete.  Jen was all in with 2 feet and we almost bought a 1/2 million dollar RV on the spot.  I was the financial voice of reason (can you believe?).  I said, lets talk about it and we will get back to you.  She is a loaded cannon in these situations.   We left and took the info and onto Philadelphia to meet Kasey and Sara for dinner.   We were late and we knew it.  There was tension in the air because I initiated the stop at the dealership and if we ended up being late, it was my fault.   I wasn't planning on drinking tonight but it might be inevitable.    On the road, I felt the anger building in Jen and I offered to drive while she took a shower.  I thought to myself, this is a good plan to mitigate the situation.   Reluctantly, she did and I was so nervous I would get into an accident and her naked ass would be launched into the road and I would have to explain to law enforcement what the hell was going on,  but luckily that did not happen.  Next was me; I took my first shower in the Flag at 80 mph with firm planted feet.  Actually pretty fine and only a small cut on my leg as we launched into the atmosphere.  When I was drying off, I heard in the background, watch out for pothole ahead and braced myself for a smash but Jen did  a great job of missing the hazard.  We ended up getting showered and dressed on the way to Phili and walked to dinner though an up and coming neighborhood.  I brought my knife and removed most of my money for the trip.  Dinner was great and it was nice to catch up with Kasey and Sarah at an awesome tap house.  I had the Alchemist IPA from Stowe.  Actually I had 4.  The mood was on an uphill climb and I wasn't sure if it was me or the fact that Jen had 3 drinks also.   

This is were it all started last October and our first night in the Flag on our trip across America.  It is a dirty truck loading dock right in the heart of Philadelphia but the only RV place around.  I was a newbie then an now more seasoned.  

We walked home and had a healthy debate about the directions but I knew I was right.  Jen had a few drinks and you could tell.   We got home alright because we followed my plan and I know better then Jen.  It was an easy night as Jen fell asleep quickly on the couch.  She is predictable if nothing else.  We are back in the northeast and feel like we are home again.  I feel at home north of the Mason Dixon line.  Watched the Olympics and continued my tireless research on Elite Motor Coaches before turning in.  We will have a busy day tomorrow as we are heading to Long Island to see my parents and get then bring Kylie to visit Hofstra.  

Happy Birthday Justice!