Welcome to my blog titled ‘Five Things’ where you can expect just that - five random musings or reflections from the previous week or so. I’ll also share a quote I find meaningful as a point of focus for the week. For a photo gallery of our life on the road, our pets, and miscellaneous things I find interesting, you can follow me on Instagram @tabithalord.

So here are this week’s five things, starting with the quote of the week…

"Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe." - Frederick Douglass
It’s November already, and that means I only have about eight weeks left of school for the semester. It also means that’s how much time I have to finish both my thesis and a novella for my short forms class. I’m excited to see the finish line on the horizon, and I’m also hyperventilating a little bit at how many words I still need to write! My thesis novel, The Dragon Dancer of Krysh, is the longest book I’ve ever written, topping out at over 100k words. When this semester ends, I’ll be breathing a big sigh of relief.
Ray and I are currently in Orange, California, where we spent Halloween at Disneyland with our oldest son and daughter-in-law. Halloween has always held special meaning for us since it’s the anniversary of both our first date and the day we got engaged! We’ll be here through Thanksgiving, where we’ll be cooking up a storm with the kids. Our oldest will be hosting, the first time one of our kids has had a holiday at their place, which feels like a family milestone!
One of my favorite things about staying at this particular RV park in Orange is that there are citrus fruit trees all over the property. Anyone can pick the fruit! Whenever we’re here, we collect bowls full of fresh oranges, grapefruit, lemons, and limes. It’s an urban RV park, right in the middle of the city, so it was really a pleasant surprise the first time we were here.
This week I am traveling to Folsom to hang out with my sister and brother-in-law. I haven’t had a ‘sister’ visit in a while–one where I just stay at her house and we work at the kitchen counter together then crack open a bottle of wine at the end of the day and catch up on life, and I’m really looking forward to it!