“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.” – Albert Einstein
When I looked forward to writing this post, I didn't expect it to go like this. Just as things were coming together, everything fell apart. I'd found an amazing 5th wheel RV that was perfect to customize into what I wanted and at a fantastic price! I was so excited to start our journey! I finalized the purchase, got the plates, and had it delivered to my friend's place where we would be staying for a few months while I got it fixed up, bought a truck for towing, and set up a place where we could be parked through the winter before heading on the road. And that's where my plan went off the rails...
Within a few hours of its arrival, my friend changed their mind and wanted it gone ASAP. I was disappointed and a little stressed out, but I immediately contacted my backup plan; a year round RV park that was much further than I would like from both my university and my boys' schools, but doable. Once again, I had the situation turn on me. This time it was the decision by the park to not allow us because they didn't want children under 15 there during the winter months, only May through October. So I went to my final backup plan and started contacting private property owners that had previously listed an offer to RVs. Every single one of them was gone. I started contacting anyone at all with a parking spot or land for rent or anything within a two hour drive, but no one was willing to allow us to be living in the RV.
Despite planning and having backups, nothing panned out. Now, instead of setting us up for self sufficiency and freedom I am trapped with nowhere to go. Cost of rent has skyrocketed everywhere which means that even tiny places out of my price range are being rented out before they're even listed, and the majority of my money is sitting in a home I own but I'm not allowed to live in. Doing everything I thought was right just made things worse. I'm trying hard to understand what lesson the universe is trying to teach me or where it is trying to lead me, but I'm struggling to find one. I'm sure it will show itself one day, but right now I just feel scared and lost. It's funny how life can go from looking amazing to an absolute disaster so quickly.
Tomorrow the RV is being towed to a storage lot until I figure out my next move. More money gone that I hadn't planned on spending. I have to decide if I should fight through, fix it up and resell it at a profit or just give up. Whatever I choose, it seems like my dream life is on hold once again. I'm trying my best to stay positive and trust the universe, but right now I don't really have anything positive to say about it all. I'm just hoping that everything works out somehow.
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