I had thought to leave tomorrow afternoon, Wednesday morning at the latest, but it looks like departure is now going to be sometime Friday. Work has been a little iffy the last several weeks because of holidays and a new contract starting. I got what I wanted for the last week of September, but didn’t get anything for the first few days of October from my main client (I did have piddly assignments from less regular clients). This week, I was offered a tad more than what I asked for.

If I was truly on the cusp of being ready to go tomorrow, I’d go and plan to stop and work over the weekend. Instead, I’m just going to hang out and get the work done before I leave. This way, I won’t lose any of the income to hotel accommodations. This week’s assignment will just about, if not fully, cover my first month’s rent, so it makes sense to keep as much of it in my pocket as I can!

I’ll then be able to take four or five days to get myself to a warmer climate before stopping. All that I’m eating into is my time in the States and none of these delays will affect my time in Mexico, so I really don’t mind. I’ll better be able to enjoy what time I do spend in the States knowing that my slowly diminishing bank account will be replenished generously at the beginning of November! 🙂

I got all the clothes loaded today except for one bag of necessities to get me through the next week. Getting the suitcases out of the RV has really made it seem like I’ve made a huge amount of progress in my packing!

Tomorrow, I am going ahead as planned with delivering things to my neighbours’ for safekeeping, including my RV batteries, and I’ll start the process of winterizing my water system. The RM (rural municipality) has been told that they can shut the water off as of the 10th (Friday), so I’m hoping that I’ll be able to have hot showers until I leave. 🙂