Time to join the fray again, at least for this thread.
I was hoping to join again this year together with Olga, but unfortunately, coming over this year is way out of the question.
Please bear with me for an explanation. After getting back, I did some picture work, than got stuck in further catching up with our work. Than, as they say, it really hit the fan. Olga’s 92-year-old mother needed more and more physical care. She did have a daily external help but only for weekdays and simple not enough. A lot of it came down to us and Olga’s brother. She should have gotten full-time care but those houses are not easy to get in. We were upgrading the external help but that also takes time here. Anyway, a big daily burden certainly on Olga (about 2 – 3 hours per day including a 20 mile round trip). Early June, her mother was hospitalized and she passed away, still quicker than expected, at the end of June.
During all that time Olga has also been doing an outstanding job in her work as project manager at the university cleaning up other people’s mess. That was finally successfully completed end of August and she was getting ready to start developing her own, new projects. At that point, the University told her they are shutting all project managements in this outside office and downscaling that department. She is out of a job per September 1, her colleague here since November 1.
Our tourist season for the blacksmith workshop and the Czech Emigration Museum is now over, so things are quieting down, and the dust is settling. Time to take stock.
We are now writing new projects for our non-profit for next year and looking at our options. With money being tight and the lack of social security here in the Czech Republic, going to the USA is out.
Unfortunately, all the stress and pressure put restoring the M51 on hold also again, so no entry for the MV of the month yet from this side.
Next year is another matter, more about that in a different threat later this week. If I can swing it, 2016 will be our America year. Hope the date goes back to early October, would fit better in our planning.
I finally completed the
2014 hardball convoy video and will complete the rest of the pics and some more video as well during the next days.
