Ugh!

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I honestly thought I had it all whipped.  Just put everything in, right?  Well, in theory.  The problem with theory, immediately, is the grill.  I thought taking it apart, from what I remembered about putting it together, would be a snap.  Well, for two people, perhaps.  But solo it was a bear.  I think it still works, it just has a little cosmetic damage.  I spared it a hard hit but couldn't keep it from hitting altogether.  Physics cannot be undone, at some angles no amount of strength can arrest an event once it is in motion.

I don't even have the water in and I am out of space.  I will simply have to put some of the stuff up on the roof, lighter bulkier things.  Ugh!  The good thing about and Xterra is that the cargo bay is extremely accessible.  There is nothing you can't reach from either door and the back, so you really do have three points of access, for whichever is convenient or works with what you are trying to move.  Wrestling the grill into the cabin, solo, was also a treat.  More treats like that and I'll get a bloody hernia!  It wasn't the weight, it was trying to be gentle with that weight AND the environment with maybe an eighth of an inch clearance.  No, I didn't even come close to herniating, just... the idea seemed appropriate.

I still have a few more things to pack, but 80% to 90% of it is in, 75% of what needs to be packed is packed, or more really.  Remember, some 1/3rd of what I am taking doesn't need packing, and much of what needed packing is in.  Just... didn't want you to go all gerbil on me.  *squeak, squeak*  I've got to take a break though.  Not wearing down, and when it is in I am going, it's just I can only handle just so much exertion at a time.  I'm old and lame.  The nice thing about this is, much of it will not be coming back.  Food, water, and other consumables.  After we find a place to unload trash, and recycle if someone insists, and even before, we will be light as a feather just from water usage, and comparably.  Even just half of the water gone will be big.  What food I don't use will, hopefully, be gifted.  The only food I will bring back otherwise are any remaining MREs.  The heat will have killed their shelf life, but I can use them here at home for the first week or so, if need be, to get back on my feet more easily.

Ugh!  I am pushing but...  I think I am doing fine.  So far.  Yeah, a break and then back to it.  The roof pack will go on, lighter but bulky will go in that, then the water will go in.  That should leave enough room for everything and rather comfortably...  I hope.  I couldn't do this often.  There just... isn't that much of me to split out.  And, honestly?  I am... surprised I made it.  I simply am.  Even if I was sure I could.  Oh, that check list is finally coming in handy.  Extra key and fob, for example, but other things both not yet packed and already in.  Yeah, okay, the list was worth scribbling out.  Yes, mother, medicines are in and I have them where I know they are and can be taken into the hotel with me.  Hmm, gotta get the insulin in, yet, though.  Ugh!

Later.  Much later.  See you in a week or two.