Getting closer ...

With about 8 weeks until departure, how am I doing on preparation?

Physically for me has been a challenge.  End of July I tore my bicep tendon off the bone at the elbow and did other shoulder damage.  Rehab has been a long road post-surgery, but I’m optimistic I’ll be at least 90% by departure date (shooting for 100%).  Just as I was starting to make good progress on my arm / shoulder rehab, I “re-shaped” my thumb on the table saw.  That is more painful that the tendon rupture.  I don’t recommend either though.  I’m looking at ~6-8 weeks on healing the thumb up unless I can get a skin graft soon which I’m told will cut the healing time by about half.

Putting my condition aside, I’ve been busy prepping the van as best I can, arranging vaccine shots, figuring out what cell service to use (Google Fi I think is winning out), buying lots of stuff (keeping the Amazon Prime delivery people busy), learning Spanish, and a million other little things.

I’m remaining optimistic that I’ll hit my planned departure date of January 7.  Stay tuned on that ….