Only this last Monday, we moved. Again. Same town, same RV, same couple but an interesting living space. Before Memorial Day weekend, John was searching online, which is a frequent activity. "This may be a crazy idea but..." Now you need to understand that John is not a spontaneous, risk taker by any means. My ears perked up and I asked, "What kind of crazy did you find?"
"I found this apartment with an attached warehouse for rent. Want to go look at it?", he queried. As we talked about the why's, the logistics and another possible move, we thought a look wouldn't hurt. The landlord had just listed it the day before, so we made an appointment to go see it. Mike is a peach of a guy and among a growing population from out of state in our TN town of 12,000. Call us invaders, transplants, domestic immigrants but here we are to stay. Mike was renting this older, former business that he had recently bought with two buildings. One is the apartment/warehouse for rent and the other building is his storage.
The apartment was freshly remodeled, clean and located in a light industrial and residential area. No red flags popped up, so we made an on-the-spot decision to rent it. We'll be here until our home is ready to move into, approximately late 2022. God willin' and the crik don't run dry!
With sadness, we left the KOA park that had been so welcoming and comfortable for two months. Memorial Day, we moved the RV in front of the warehouse portion and began to unload it into the apartment, all except the bed. A trip to Knoxville drained our bank account to buy a Sleep Number bed, soon to be delivered. Then another trip to a local appliance store netted a new washer and dryer making me a happy homemaker. (I hate cleaning bathrooms; love doing laundry!)
The RV is sitting along a busy road that the quarry traffic use as a pass through between the quarry and a crane company. Hence the name Rock Quarry Rd! Sleeping in the RV was too noisy. We called our RV neighbors and Ed helped John pull the mattress from the RV into the apartment. The bedroom is in the back of the apartment away from the noisy street which is more conducive to better sleep.
Next trip will be back to WI to move our household in storage down to TN. The uHaul is rented and we have some dates. After we empty our storage and move it down, we can furnish our apartment with a couch, etc.
Kitchen looking out the front Living room with outdoor camp chairs
And the empty RV? I have a 'She Shed' to sew, write and give John and I some space apart. It's all good...ask Jade! If she's got a small rug to lay on and her humans near ready to feed her, life is simply good. We should all be Jade! May God give you the ability to see His plan and purpose during surprising changes.
Jesus only, Jesus always.
Nancy B
