Neverland

...as in:

Never buying a house.

Never paying off the wife's student loans.

Never moving back home.

Never going to make it through a day without pain.

Never driving a car less than ten years old.

Never going to see my kids enjoy feet of snow.

Never going to see my kids in a peaceful world.

Never.

Unrelinquishing Stagnation

Going nowhere. 

Is There A Plan?

We are breaking into the meat of July. That gives me and the family a little under a year to figure out what our next step is. At this point, it looks like a vehicle and a trailer. A house payment here is almost unfathomable. Rent is a waste. Colorado isn't home. The OG BattleWagon is all but dead, needing too much work to drive consistently, and far too much to depend on it.

2022 sucks.

Family Life

My mother-in-law is visiting from West Virginia, and I'm off from work, making the best of the chill time at home to slay old chores and daily duties. I'm playing my productivity checklist game with myself hoping to break my own personal record today.

My oldest has taken an interest in Civil Air Patrol, and I'm beyond excited for him to take this journey. I hope he loves it, and i hope it motivates him to get some things done. Like maybe cleaning his room...

Formulating Things

It's been a long time since the original mission of the Battlewagon Chronicles, and it's been a long time since that mission has concluded. I've been punctuating things by posting, but there is no fire there at this point, admittedly. It's chaos. Broke and hungry and trying to scramble. 2022 America is difficult. 

Should Star Wars Inspire Rebellion?

Having the chance to watch The Clone Wars and Rebels, I'm thrilled with the portrayal of the various rebel forces against their Empire. So many different types of characters; diplomats, monks, warriors, robots, all fighting for a cause in the best way they know how. It's a fun bit of show, whether you have kids or not.

Life In Adversity

How, when you're living paycheck to paycheck, do you fix up a van, buy a camper, and escape reality? How?