Day Two in Galveston was dominated by visits to the beautiful Victorian era homes. We started at Bishop’s Palace. There is a self-guided audio tour. There are no student, senior, or military discounts but if you grab a card from the Galveston Welcome Center, you can get a $1 a ticket. (It was still a […]
Day 32 — A New Month, A New Plan
When I was an actress, there was a phrase I came to know all too well. “Hurry up and wait.” I thought I had left that behind when I left the world of auditions. Alas, that was before I dealt with the extremely difficult world of retirement from the U.S. military. We have been living […]
Day 31 — Temple VA
Yesterday, Mr. Hero and I drove to the VA in Temple, TX to dot a few “i”s and cross a few “t”s in our journey over the bureaucratic road bumps. The kiddos were grandparents and we had a few quiet moments; a very rare thing these days. While at the VA, I noticed these models. I […]
Day 30 — Getting Ready to Roll
This is what it has felt like for most of the first month of our “travels”. Lost in a sea of retirement paperwork, it seemed we would never make the wheels on this bus go round and round. I am happy to say that the bureaucratic traffic is beginning to clear and we are seeing the […]
Day 13 — Wearing a Second Hat
Wow! My hats, both of them, are off to all of the teachers and homeschooling parents out there. I mean, seriously. I knew teaching was a hard job but still. It’s so much harder than I imagined. I have been working with an online curriculum to plan, as well as using some consumables provided by […]