Adjusting to "Normal"...Kinda

We've been at our long-term site for a week now. This new "normal", begins at 5:00am on most days. The workday begins at 7:00am (sometimes earlier) and ends around 5:00pm. Keep in mind, I'm now in the central time zone which means the work day has changed and not for the better. Particularly, the amount of time I spend sitting in the booth of our travel trailer.

I have to admit, there is nothing ergonomic about my workspace layout. I did not think through the lack of comfort I might experience during the day. Bottom line...you don't know, what you don't know. I thought about working at the picnic table but that all depends on the weather. If it's too hot or too windy, it's not happening. I've encountered both extremes since arriving in Oklahoma and the forecast confirmed that I would be working inside all week.

I caught a break when my dad called and invited my husband to join him for a few days of golf. Late afternoon on Wednesday, we loaded up the truck, left the camper at the site and drove the 3.5 hours to Wichita. The 10am tee-times on Thursday and Friday guaranteed me quite comfort during Zoom meetings in the dining room. What a treat! 

It's Saturday morning. We've been on our adventure for almost a month. The plan was to do this as long as it felt "fun". For me, in this phase of our adventure, the weekends are the only time this feels like "fun". The other five days are, as they were intended, regular workdays. While there are definitely new things to see and do on our adventure, I can feel the melancholy starting to set in. Today I found myself missing my house, the fall air, the leaves changing color and more than anything else, I missed our friends back home. I expected to miss a few things, mostly people at some point, but not a mere month into the adventure. I figured mid-November or early December. Definitely not October!

So it seems that in addition to underestimating the comfort level of my work space, I did not anticipate the degree of fondness I have for our life in Pennsylvania. This is a dilemma I'll need to work out in my head if we are to continue but I fear that the heart may win out. Stay tuned.