Thanks, Kat.
I am now retired. Since my wife wants to continue working for a while, there is this expectation I will finish remodeling our house and I am making progress, however I am left alone every day without adult supervision :-) Â which makes it difficult for me to focus, and that has facilitated my return to BPL.
There is no expectation from the boss that backpacking isn’t allowed during the construction phase. And, of course, she is up to camping on most weekends if I make progress on the house during the week. Another compromise is for me to cook during the week and do house chores. I had to learn how to cook, as I found she is not willing to eat a grilled steak every night and she does not appreciate my freezer bag concoctions. I also learned that food at the grocery store is expensive and there are a lot of things that can be purchased aside from backpacking foods in the instant food and candy aisles. Going to the grocery store is like exploring a new slot canyon in the desert. I was shocked to find that most days avocados and cucumbers cost 99 cents each! Unlike the Tyler Perry movie, I now know how much a gallon of milk costs. Using my industrial engineering experience in business I have reorganized the kitchen cabinet inventory to improve work flow efficiency and productivity. I will not implement a food inventory control system, I tried that with wife #1 and it did not turn out well.
Hopefully, as Ryan et al improve the new software to meet most people’s expectations, we will see an increasingly positive attitude among the membership.
Heck, I might even go to the next GGG if there is one. Might be interesting to hike or bike from So Cal.
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