I've never owned a truck. So I am buying truck. I have always been a Honda and Mercedes car guy so it will be a significant change but I need a vehicle now that will be more rugged and get me wherever I want to go in any weather. More specifically, I need to able to get to a hospital in Toronto on a few hours notice no matter the depth of the snow.

I have really been tied down looking after my mother who has advanced Alzheimers so I have not had a vacation in years. Now that I have run into some serious health issues, I have had to create some space for me to work on me alone and so moved her into a long-term care home just this morning. I promised her I would do everything but wipe her ass and I failed. I have never had a goal in my life that was so important, that I worked for years on without success but here it is. Yes I know all the reasons I did not fail but that is how I feel.

I have decided to not work until I am better and thus need something to take me on adventures to the greatest extent that it can until my circumstances change.

Working really hard on changing to a low stress attitude and lifestyle. I just want to go to the desert solo and do yoga for the winter and I even have to retrain my brain to not rush that, cause it aint going to happen for a while if at all. I have a great sense of urgency that I have to tamp down.

If I have the opportunity in the spring I would like to turn the truck into a full off-road, off-grid unit (solar, thermal, kitchen, bathroom, etc.) and GTFO on a very long road trip. Fingers crossed.