The first review of Big Blue indicates that the head gasket blew on her, and that is a fairly hefty repair that may influence a more substantial investment in a full top-end repair which may influence an even more substantial investment into a full in-frame rebuild of the engine. Stay tuned; we should know more by the end of next week. But this is certain to impact our travel schedule, and certainly means that we will be spending more time at our cottage than we anticipated.
Well.... That's o.k. too.
If all goes well, we should be on the road by July 22nd, and we will have to figure out what things get "truncated" and eliminated from the itinerary.
It has now been about 10 weeks since Jay left his job and we embarked on this grand summer of travel. Here are some of the insights that he has gained:
1. Instead of receiving over 100 emails a day about pesky work details, he now receives about three per day. And they are now just from family and friends, and he looks forward to getting them. Email has been transformed from a nuisance to something enjoyable. Amazing.
2. The saying "If you need something done, ask a busy person" now makes complete sense. Jay has no responsibilities, and they seem to keep him fully occupied. Who has time to do things??? Not him!
3. Living in the cottage, without a departure deadline has been simply divine. It has been an extraordinarily relaxing experience, and everything we had hoped for.
4. Finally, just maybe a little bit, there is a small rumbling in his head that he needs to get back into something "productive". But it is coming in very small rumbles... not to be hurried... and the his future plans for some quick lube businesses in Nashville should be a good fit for that urge.
And so we continue our enjoyable summer at Notre Mer, and wait for Blue to come back from the big truck doctor.
Drop us a line. We like email again!
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