So…..We’ve been really busy transitioning from airport to hotel to finally our first apartment. We haven’t really had time to peruse the news. But when we did, the US news feeds were all going on about this “Paris” place. It’s apparently a lawless dystopia with riots everywhere. Tear gas, flash bang grenades and stores looted
Damn you Elon! You’re such an asshat, but you (or at least your people) create neat stuff. Our plane has Starlink. Damnnnnn… High speed Internet before we even pushed back from the gate. And it seems to be free on Air France, or at least it is in Business. We’re going to France, and I’m
We have leapt off the cliff and are now in free fall to our final destination. Whether it’s a cushiony, soft landing or a rock face remains to be seen. This is being written from the decadence of the LAX Air France lounge where we have been happily stuffing our faces. Absent Paris, I could
Today was a flurry of activity. Today we either packed what was left in our room (but no capacity), took crap to the storage lockers (not much capacity), or tossed stuff out (infinite capacity). So we’ve been throwing stuff out like crazy. Our room no longer looks like squatters are living here. And we’re packed.
Today was another big step in getting the hell outta here: The official sealing and weighing of our monster luggage. We each have two pieces of the largest checkable luggage we could get, and today was their final packing. We also each have typical carryon roller bags, as well as a book bag for our
Today we disposed of our 2021 Tesla Model 3. That was really painful. It was initially a consolation buy. We had been on a waiting list for a VW ID4 for a year, and VW just couldn’t get their shit together and delivery just kept getting extended. So we decided to pivot and buy a
Today we made the drive out to San Bernardino for a last visit to the Mitla Café. It’s been our go to for excellent Mexican food. Is it an hour drive? Yes. Is it in an armpit of San Bernardino? Yes. Is it worth it? Yes, yes, yes! I first came across Mitla a few
Today Jeri and I proudly engaged in what a surprising hunk of the country considers potential voter fraud. We voted in a way other than going to a damn polling booth. Who the hell still goes to polling booths? The same people that still use checks? The government makes it amazingly easy to vote from
In another step of disconnection, we offloaded the truck today. It’s the first time we ever dealt with Carvana. Those people are crazy! They gave us $7,500 for a 19 year old 4WD Toyota Tacoma with 168k miles on it. We paid $28k for it in 2007, so to get 27% after 19 years is
OK, we’re now sorta homeless. With this first post I’ll get the backstory blather out of the way and get into the poor life choices we’ve made that lead us to this situation. May we serve as a cautionary tale to others. My apologies for the length. I realize it’s going to be an ordeal
