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Yesterday was a simply beautiful day. Exactly what summer in Chicagoland should be like. Don’t know what today is like yet…
I pick up my one way rental today to load up and get ready for departure. I’ll finish what tasks I can during the day, do a little IT work in the evening and get early to bed. That’s the plan anyway.
Then drive 2 days to Houston. NOAA predicts rain along my whole route. I hope not.
I got a tremendous amount of things done here, but there is so much left to do. Dad was sick for a while and wasn’t up to normal maintenance for a while before that. Old houses need upkeep.
My dad wasn’t any kind of prepper, but still had the things he needed get by, and to improvise, like a chainsaw and a generator. Those are two of the things my mom will not need. He also stocked the shed with auto care products, all neatly organized and placed on shelves. Mom won’t be needing those. I guess he thought someone would do those things for her, out of his stocks. It’s much more likely that she’ll be buying those services. Mom won’t be using the workshop or his tools, or the material he stockpiled for future projects. I suppose at some point, we’ll have a moving or downsizing sale, and all that stuff will return to the ecosystem in the same way I and my fellow thrift/yard/estate sale hunters do it. It’s a bit odd to see it from the other side, but it’s very comforting to know that I’ve got a solid handle on how that process works. For now, mom is overwhelmed with stuff, and doesn’t really want to see all my dad’s stuff leave. So it will stay, for now.
In the wider world, Hawaii is getting hammered about now. If we have any readers from there please share your experiences here, even if you normally just lurk. Stay safe.
You all know what I’ve been doing, what did you do to prep this week? Anyone been motivated to start sorting out their own endgame? Your survivors will be thankful that you made the time easier for them, and it has a 100% certainty of happening, unlike most of the things we prep for.
We are still in hurricane season here on the Gulf, and it’g getting to be time for you winter folks to start thinking about cold, snow, and ice.
Prep while you can, and oh, remember we’re only one plane ride away from having Ebola in the US….
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