This morning I got the call out! Crawford (the vendor I do lots of catastrophe claims for) called and asked if I still wanted to work. I said of course. Nina, my contact, said that there had been a call from the branch in Seattle asking for someone to assist with storm claims. She said that she’d call back to verify and did so later in the afternoon.
Getting a call out is always such a charge. There is the anticipation of working in a new place and the travel, just going somewhere new. But then there is the flip side of leaving the family, home, everything one is involved for an unknown amount of time. Knowing that I will work my butt off for weeks is always a little daunting too.
Getting ready to leave is hectic. We usually try to leave within 2 days so we will leave tomorrow after Dale finishes his workshop that he must attend. In the meantime I will pack clothes for work, both for cold weather and not so cold, food for several days and everything needed to set up a portable office. Dale has made sure that the RV propane tanks are full and batteries are charged.
Tomorrow I’m packing everything into the RV and make the bed. I’ll get fuel before we hitch up the 5th wheel.
We are lucky again this time; Dale has off from tomorrow afternoon until Friday night. I was able to find a reasonable airplane ticket from Seattle to Bakersfield so he will drive with me and stay until Friday morning when he flies home. We will have a nice meal out on Thursday night somewhere we haven’t eaten before.
Dale has a cousin in Seattle that we have visited before. We stayed there on our way to Canada last summer; girls were with us. I will have someone to visit with on occasion or call if I have any problems.
Twinkle is easy; she just needs her food, some snacks and her bowl. She knows that something is up so stays close right now. Twinkle the claims dog is ready to go.
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