55 days to go! I retire Sept 30th and we plan on leaving on 1st trip Oct 3rd. After almost a year of planning, scheming, calculating, reading, researching & worrying (driving DH crazy) we are ready to do this.
I guess everying goes thru these conflicting emotions of sheer terror & overwhelming excitement?
My days feel like they are 100 hours long!
I have so much work to do on 5vr to get it ready to go but with 100 degree temps here I have been putting that off as long as possible. As it is a new camper (last year) most of the work is just getting it loaded for an extended trip.
Well, hope to run into some of you out there on the road!
Workinrvers said
09:48 AM Aug 4, 2011
"I guess everying goes thru these conflicting emotions of sheer terror & overwhelming excitement?"
I can relate!! I'm walking away from my job in 127 days and go through these emotions just about everyday .
We have made our budget, refigured our budget, made another budget, refigured that budget and pretty much put pen to paper everytime we sit down and start talking and making plans ..... I know we have enough $$ to do this, just the stress of actually doing it makes us refigure it everytime we think of a new scenerio. It's a little maddening
Good luck on your travel, we'll be right behind you!
Phil and Rudee
janni said
10:13 AM Aug 4, 2011
We have been fulltime 9 months and it is still exciting! Yes, I think we all go through the same thing. (Well, maybe not all) Happy for you!
Ivey said
11:01 AM Aug 4, 2011
We have been fulltiming for 2 months and we still get the terrified/excited feeling. We still wonder if we did the right thing but so far nothing has happened to tell us we didn't. In fact just the opposite, we are loving it. I am excited for you. You are going to have a blast.
Vicky and Ira
Mallo said
05:27 PM Aug 4, 2011
We've been out for a while (varies depending on which of us you ask) and you still have those days when you want to sit and refigure retune or refine what we are doing it's a part of our life.
Mallo
bzffr8 said
06:24 PM Aug 5, 2011
We have just reached our first year anniversary on the road. We started out just as excited and worried. Relax, you have done the research. You will be all right. Some things end up being a little more expensive than planned for but this lifestyle is so flexible you will adapt. Our biggest budget item we have trouble staying within is our eating out. Too many good restaurants to choose from! Now I am hungry again, time for a DQ run. Have fun with it and hope to see you on the road soon.
NorCal Dan said
06:42 PM Aug 5, 2011
After almost 4 years of full-timing and recently changing to part-timers, I can tell you that our transition was full of the same emotions. Not to worry, everything will work out just fine.
TxYellowRose said
08:30 AM Aug 8, 2011
We've been out for a little over a year and love it! Welcome to the road!
55 days to go! I retire Sept 30th and we plan on leaving on 1st trip Oct 3rd. After almost a year of planning, scheming, calculating, reading, researching & worrying (driving DH crazy) we are ready to do this.
I guess everying goes thru these conflicting emotions of sheer terror & overwhelming excitement?
My days feel like they are 100 hours long!
I have so much work to do on 5vr to get it ready to go but with 100 degree temps here I have been putting that off as long as possible. As it is a new camper (last year) most of the work is just getting it loaded for an extended trip.
Well, hope to run into some of you out there on the road!
"I guess everying goes thru these conflicting emotions of sheer terror & overwhelming excitement?"
I can relate!! I'm walking away from my job in 127 days and go through these emotions just about everyday
.
We have made our budget, refigured our budget, made another budget, refigured that budget and pretty much put pen to paper everytime we sit down and start talking and making plans ..... I know we have enough $$ to do this, just the stress of actually doing it makes us refigure it everytime we think of a new scenerio. It's a little maddening
Good luck on your travel, we'll be right behind you!
Phil and Rudee
Vicky and Ira
Mallo
We've been out for a little over a year and love it! Welcome to the road!