I get 15 vacation days each year. I have already used 10 of them. I have some college friends coming in for the Auburn-UT game in early October; so, I took the Friday before the game off. That left me with 4 days. I wanted to use all of them for prep work; so, I am taking off November 19th, 20th, 30th, and December 1st. The 19th and 20th are the business days prior to the short Thanksgiving week. The 30th and1st are the two days after the short Thanksgiving week. Thanksgiving week is usually dead. I will be working on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of that week, but hopefully it is slow enough for me to work on preparations as well – phone calls, quick errands, database work, etc.
The big time consuming things left appear to be cooking and kitchen supplies, clothes, and building some storage racks.
There is always more that can be done; so, we will never be “finished”, but I am hoping to have everything we need for “short term survival” purchased, inventoried, and stored by the end of this year. Once done, I can begin spending more time on the “long term recovery” portion of our plan – the self-sustaining community. I am also eager to move into the next part of my 5 year plan.
