The Plan
I am devious in my planning. No mercy will be shown. I've done this before.
Ok, have I got your attention yet? Hear is The Plan. My sister lives 3,000 miles on the other side of the United States. We couldn't be much farther apart and still both be inside the continental borders.
I haven't seen my sister, Barbara, in over 4 years since I had to move to Oregon on the West coast to take a job. We are, & have always been, very close. I 've kept in touch via email, Facebook & phone. She lost her husband, Joe, only a few months ago. We were all devastated.
I'm turning 62 in May and plan on officially retiring and beginning drawing my Social Security checks. I'm cashing in a number of accounts such as 401k retirement plans and cashing out on one of my 3 pensions. All this money, over $42,000, is in the mail on its way to my bank account.
My sister turns 72 on August 10th, three months after I retire. My plan is to knock on her front door and announce "Happy Birthday Sis"! It will involve a 6,000 mile round trip on a train that will take 6 days to make the journey. It will deposit me very close to where my sister lives and there's a motel less than a mile away. One call and I'll have a rental car agency pick me up for a two day rental. I'll have two whole days to spend with Barb after the shock of my arrival.
There will be much hugging and crying as she has no clue I'm doing this. I'll be traveling with my computer and cellphone so I can keep in touch with her without her ever getting the idea that I'm at her front door. What fun!
Oh, did I mention I'll be carrying all my camera gear to record this epic journey? This is going to be a blast. Come on August!