Ready for Christmas

Yesterday completed all of the remaining actions to declare ourselves ready for Christmas. We picked up the final gifts, packaged everything and sent them on their way to be delivered in Santa's sleigh on Christmas. The only problem we had was finding the nearest post office. Our GPS indicated the closest one as being in New River. When we went to that location, there was nothing there but an elementary school. The next best location was behind the Outlet Mall in Anthem, which is where we ended up going. It was not a bad experience at all as we anticipated lines out the door with folks trying to mail their Christmas packages. We stood in line for maybe 5 minutes, got all of our transactions completed and left. There was actually a second trip to the post office to mail one final package for which we needed to verify the address. Done!

The afternoon turned beautiful with calm winds, so we were able to sit outside and enjoy that before dinner. The winds picked up again during the night - 32 mph gusts - and it is now calm once again. I feel bad for Josie trying to sleep through these windy nights as the topper awnings on our fifth wheel flap like crazy during the winds and I can't hear them without having my hearing aids in my ears. I do feel the rocking motion that is created by these winds, but she endures much more than I. When the winds blow long and steady like this, they come from the east or from the northeast which is where our rig faces, so we get the winds almost head-on. Occasionally, we get high winds from the west, which is to the rear if the rig and we don't feel those as much. Of course, our bedroom is in the front, so that makes for more motion from those head winds.

It looks like another beautiful day ahead with temperatures in the 70's, so we will have to plan something to do outside. Exercise maybe?...