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Thursday, July 15, 2010

Preparations


For the next eighteen months or so our home in Canada will be a 38 ft. 2010 Coachman Chaparral RV.Jim and I took it to Lake Paradise in Oak Grove for its maiden voyage over Memorial Day weekend. Fred and Jack, two of our long-time RVer friends taught Jim the ropes of setting up one of these monstrosities and tearing it down again. We also learned a new language that includes words such as black water, grey water, gross vehicle weight and dump station.

Just to make sure that we would be able to fend for ourselves without Jack and Fred's help we took it to the Lake of the Ozarks for a weekend in June. I must say my husband impressed me. Even though it was pitch black by the time we reached the RV park, Jim had us up and running in 45 minutes. Of course I believe that is due,in large part,to my assistance... hold the flashlight when called upon and other than that stay out of his way.

It all seems very cozy at the moment but I wonder if we'll still think that a year and a half from now.
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In politically correct language I am called a non-traditional student or,as my mother would say, a late-bloomer. For twenty years I was a stay-at-home/home-schooling mom but surprise.. kids grow up. When my son asked me what I was going to do after he left home I told him I was sure it would involve crates of Kleenex, junk food, and a lot of self pity. He suggested college instead and I took him up on it. I graduated in Dec. 09 with a BA in Criminal Justice/Corrections from Park University in Parkville, Mo. Through internships that brought me into contact with both the victims and offenders of violent crime, I have acquired a passion to assist each in addressing issues of accountability and healing through the restorative process of victim-offender mediation. As a 2010-2011 Canada-U.S. Student Fulbright recipient I will travel this fall with my husband and granddaughter, to British Columbia where I will be attending Simon Fraser University's Graduate School of Criminology. With a superb symmetry, Mother, arbitrator of children’s squabbles has progressed to victim-offender mediator.