The time has arrived, I must thank several people here for their encouragement to return back here to SteemIt! Life has been hectic and many thing got in the way of staying involved.
Return to SteemIt!
There have been several changes that have taken place since I stopped posting at the end of January. Having not been active with keeping up on the updates to the platform I wont go there... anyway changes that have happened in my life over the last few months are as follows:
Changes
February
I spent the month of February dealing with major PTSD issues. I was having flashbacks that felt as if I really was back where it all started, Afghanistan. It has been many years since I was there, but being in an active combat zone, and not having the proper equipment provided really does affect you. I was deployed with the Army Infantry yet never given ammunition. I have other friends who also were there without ammo as well.
March
Then came March, the flashbacks had faded, my wife had surgery. It was a simple procedure and she was supposed to recover quickly, well needless to say that was not what happened. I spent the month with little or no sleep while I took care of my wife post surgery. Seemed the bleeding would just not stop like it was supposed to. We have several visits to the ER before they finally just kept her there, finally she recovered and is doing better.
April
April was spent stressed out in the living situation and looking for a job. I been out of work because of stress issues for almost 2 years and my wife has been helping me work on getting back on my feet, I don't feel like I'm quit ready to get back to working, but my stress is no longer as bad as it was that day I simply walked out of work not knowing what the plan would have been going forward. Positive development I did find a job that will be starting at the end of May.
May
May arrived things at first seemed brighter, being I had found a job. Unfortunately the family member we had been living with told us we had 2 weeks to move out. After 1 week we had made a plan, arranged with another family members to help us buy a mobile home. That fell through, due to things outside of our control. We then found a RV that needed some work, such as roof repairs. Being we had not time left we bought it and moved into it.
Right now, as bad as things have been, it does seem as though the problems are slowly fading away. First off, this RV park told us if we had waited another month, which had been the original plan, we would not have been able to have a place for the full winter. They are almost booked full of Snowbirds for this coming winter, so as bad as it seemed at the time of being rushed out the door, we managed to get everything set up in less than 2 weeks.
And the adventure begins
Here we are now, we bought a RV which does need a little work to fix it all up, moved into a nice RV park where, while I make the needed repairs we will be living in it. Now we are no longer living with family, and soon I will be starting a new job. Just hope that in the mean time we don't get to much rain, being that the sub-roof needs to be replaced, which I'm going to do myself.
Neither of us have ever owned a RV, I spent a few nights in one after hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, since I was there working to help them recover. Also, a few nights when my brother was married. So, now my wife and I have a 33 foot RV. I have learned a lot in the last week, since we bought this RV. There are things that living in a house we never had to worry about, like if the water was safe to drink etc., now we also have the benefit that since we own the RV any repairs, or upgrades we do here are going to improve our quality of life. In the last year we spent living with family we helped in fixing things that were broken, such as replacing the sink faucets, and putting up a bedroom door, etc.