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It is hard to believe it's September! The weather here though, is fall like today. The best part of fall, 72 and sunny. Quite nice.

The birthday party was fun. I like my brother's in laws. They are very pleasant to chat with. My nephew, my parents, my brother all live outside the metro area, as do most of their friends. With the exception of my parents, people are just amazed DH and I go to downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul. Some are actually terrified of "the cities". They're worried something is going to happen to us. Of course you need to be mindful as you should in any city, but really?

This morning we went for our coffee, and now I've been puttering around, trying to get going to the next activity, which is working out. I haven't gone all week, but I need to! I am going to have to dig down for some discipline to continue now that I'm back at work. In the winter its a bit easier, because DH goes with me. But in the fall, he still likes to use his bike for his exercise, so I'm on my own. I love that he is into riding his bike (In Minneapolis! On the bike trails around the chain of lakes, its really quite glorious). He usually has good stories when he comes back. Last fall he got invited to a Liberian Festival when he stopped at a park and asked someone what the gathering was celebrating. Sometimes he goes to a park reserve, and sends me pictures of Eagles :)

DS is back from his cruise (Did I mention a friend's family invited him as their guest on a Disney Cruise?) He texted he would call us tonight to tell us about it. Looking forward to chatting with him.

Yes, it does. Thanks!

So just out of curiosity if the RV is semi-permanently installed at a site, how does one empty it?

Poor Baby Bug! How does that get diagnosed?

The dreaded black tank was the main thing keeping me from an RV to move dogs around the country!! I saw that scene in RV with Robin Williams and couldn't get it out of my head...

Well, after the one day tease earlier this week, I'm back in the new decade again. Maybe this time it will stick.

I have too many vehicles parked in front of my house! The RV, the new dog mobile, and the 1997 Ford Econoline are all out front. Luckily, the neighbors don't care. But shee**** looks a bit crowded! Hoping to get a majority of the transfer of crates from RV to dog mobile done today. Fingers crossed that I get the reinstall of the RV dinette done tomorrow. Then I will be done with prepping the RV for sale.

So, perhaps this was a sign???? Or perhaps the GOAT was giving me the finger???? I picked up the RV and took it to the local dump station. When I removed the cap on the evacuation tube there was a blast of pressure spraying contents of the black tank. EWWWWWW..... I was hosing myself off within seconds. Only consolation was I thought to myself, "Well, that's the last time I have to do that!" YUCK, YUCK, YUCK!

Stress level was high yesterday. The fact that I had my RV in the shop, not able to use it for 5 weeks and not a damn thing had been done to it, really irked me. That, plus thinking about how to get everything done I need to get done to sell the vehicles was pressing on me. I don't remember feeling this stressed when I sold my house 16 plus years ago.... But then again, I was in my early/mid 40s and better able to cope with stress. LOL.... Actually, I know my stress was worse, but I forget (or like to pretend)!

Bug is worrying me, too. She is just not getting potty trained. I'm beginning to worry about her renal health. Sigh...

On the bright side, I have a productive day scheduled and the weather is stunning - blue skies and low 80s predicted for this afternoon. Doesn't get much better than that!