Thursday, March 25, 2010 - Big Day at the Bank

Woke up to some rain, which was intermittent throughout the day. Finished getting the computer going, though all my attempts to move anything to the new computer proved fruitless. Loaded up the pickup with our hay, which was in better shape than I thought it might be, and frankly, compared favorably with some of the better stuff we'd been buying along the road. I was afraid I would discover that our own lot was substandard now that we'd seen such a variety, but it held up under scrutiny. Then we took a trip into town, first stop at the bank, to do something we'd been working extra hard for for some time... We paid off our mortgage! It was now a 100% asset, and our very last bit of debt. It still hasn't sunk in, but I suppose it will when I don't have to deduct the monthly payment from our account in a few days! We went to a Mexican Restaurant to once again have access to a wifi (again to try to solve some computer problems, once again to no avail), then ran down to the fabric store to pick up some material to cover the hot tub. The old cover had shredded over the winter, and I was hoping to have enough time to quick sew another one before we left, which I did manage to do. Packed up several large bags of clothing, gathered everything on the list we had been keeping of things we needed on the road, and prepared ourselves for the possibility that we wouldn't bother to come back again for the rest of the year, or even longer if the mood strikes us. Sounds crazy, to leave a house just as it's getting paid off, but that's how we are, what can I say? Looking forward to leaving tomorrow and reuniting with our horses.