We switched drivers and we pushed thru to my place and arrived around 5:00 PM. I backed the RV in, and searched for my keys to unlock the garage and turn the power on out there, called my assistant and my landlord to let them know I had arrived back and would probably be entering the house, so they were aware that the alarm system would be disarmed.
We hopped out, disconnected the car and then parked it over in front of the garage door, I got inside the side door to the garage and flicked the lights on and made my way to the breaker panel and turned on the breakers for the RV outlets and then backed the RV into it’s spot.
I got the electric hooked up and then we headed up to the house. I unlocked the back door and quickly made my way to the alarm panel to disarm it. I had turned almost every breaker off when I left, the fridge was empty, cleaned out and the door propped open. Really the only electric I had left on was to the alarm, the HVAC, cameras and internet. I had shut off all the appliances like stove, dryer, washer, refrigerator and more. I flicked them on one by one, as the house came back to life with beeps and clicks. I checked that the water ran, and toilet would flush.
“Ok it is going to take time for the fridge to get cold, the water to get hot and, for it to get warmer in here as I turned up the heat some. I was thinking about staying in the RV tonight and then getting stuff back in here tomorrow morning” I said as I walked through the house to be sure stuff was as it was left. I took the time to text mom to let her know we just arrived in the area. To which she insisted we do breakfast in the morning.
“Sounds like a plan, let’s get you changed and then we can find something to eat” Max replied
We ended up going into town about 10 miles away and getting Mexican food, which was good but not as good as the stuff in the southwest. We made it back to the house about 10 pm and we both crashed. I had set my alarm for 7:00 so that we could be ready for breakfast around 8:00.
“So what are we supposed to tell your folks about me?” Max asked.
“The truth, you’re daddy. They know about you” I said. “The more important questions is what do you tell your folks”
“I’ve thought about that for the past week. I just don’t know. I mean I don’t think of myself as gay, or as your lover, even though I do love you to death don’t get me wrong. I hate to use the term friend, because you are so much more to me than that, but would it be ok if I just call you a friend for now?” Max said
“That is fine, I know that this is hard, especially if your parents are anything like mine used to be. Speaking of my parents we need to get ready to meet them” I said as I climbed out of bed.
“You going in the house? Or showering here?” Max asked
“Inside, I don’t have dump facilities here, so can’t fill up the tanks too much” I said as I grabbed my stuff from the bathroom and a change of clothes and diapers.
“Ok be there in a few. Just got to gather my stuff” Max said
I headed inside and into the nice warm house. I stripped in the bathroom and warmed the hot shower up. I think I must have taken one of the longest showers that I had had in months, since I did not have to worry about grey tank capacity, water hookups or the small hot water heater in the RV. I heard max come into the back door and that he was walking around the bedroom.
When I was finished I dried off and stepped into the bedroom to find the changing mat, and an outfit already laid out and Max waiting for me. “I figured you wanted to dress a little more grown up than you normally do since your folks and all” He said
“They know about me, hell I think everybody who’s ever seen my YouTube knows about me, but yeah, it never hurts to dress closer to my age” I said as I laid down and Max diapered me up.
Max then got a shower, he too taking his time to soak in the unlimited water before emerging and getting dressed. We were ready to roll. Feed the kitty before we leave and lock up.
Mom and Dad were already waiting for us at the local hole in the wall family restaurant when we arrived.
“So how long you boys home for?” My dad asked.
“Well until after Thanksgiving at least. Gonna take a break from the hustle and bustle of traveling and get caught up on some stuff.” I said.
“I’m going up to my parents Wednesday, then probably back here on Saturday or Sunday and help Jason. I know we were wanting to deep clean the RV and work on some interior projects before it gets too darn cold.”
We continued to make small talk back and forth, asked if I would be home for Christmas or not? I said we probably will be, but not certain. What time I should come over for thanksgiving. Etc..
We finished, I picked up the tab and headed out after hugs and kisses, and a pat on the bottom from my mom to me.
We got back at the house and got all the laundry into the house and started a load in the washer, then got my old Chevy cobalt out of the garage and made sure it ran. I took it into town to my mechanic and dropped it off for a full going over, oil change etc… then back to the house, another load of laundry. Then start to clean the house and get the spare bedroom and my bedroom setup for us to stay for a few days.
Before we left Florida I had started the re-design the bedroom of the RV for the need of two separate beds. There was a water tank under the bed now, and that would need to be moved, but it was something that could be done. The other bed would have storage under it which would make up for the loss of the bedside table on each side of the bed, and a shelf would be added above the beds. It was tight with the slide in, but we would make it work. So once I had everything out of the RV that we would need, I drove it to the RV shop where they would modify the bedroom by building the bases for the beds and moving the plumbing around for the water tank.
I also wanted to have the ability to move the bed bases back to being a King sized bed, if I needed to move it back in the future, I would just have to remove a set of bolts and the bed with the storage can be moved with very little issues.
The renovation on the bedroom was going to take the rest of this week and into the next week. I had ordered new mattresses for the new beds and they should arrive next Monday. In the mean time we brought the king sized mattress into the house, as I will put that in the guest room, as it needed a new bed.
Through the afternoon we both alternated between working on laundry, getting work caught up around the house, and planning our next trip. With it being winter, we wanted to be able to stay in warm areas if possible. I’ve drove around the country for the last 5 months, now with it getting cold, I’m not looking forward to winter and guess what, I don’t have to; that is if I don’t want to.
“So where do you want to go from here?” I asked Max
“Wherever the wind blows us I guess.” He replied
“What would you think about flying up to Iceland to see the Northern Lights, next weekend, just fly there for a week and then when we come back we go some place warm.
“Sounds fun, I’ll need to get my really cold gear that I had shipped home when I go home this weekend. My passport is still valid for another two years, so that is good” Max said
I had James, my assistant start making the reservations for airfare, car, hotel, tours. As soon as I had a hotel name and address I had a case of diapers shipped to the hotel.
With all our laundry done, we packed it all back into the totes that we use for clothes. Since we were going to be staying here for another week, or so, I decided we needed to get a little bit more groceries than what he had on hand.