 Happy Sunday everybody. It's Robin with creativity RV And I know a lot of you guys have been wondering where I am and I just want to let you know This bird has not flown the coop. I'm still here And I'm sorry for leaving you guys in the lurch not knowing what was going on with me, but I was sick Now so you guys can hear I'm a little bit sick still I Know that the next question is going to be Do you have a COVID-19? I don't know I have just had so much happened to me since I left Arizona To come back to Colorado to mooch dock so I could be near my family and I have not gotten a nasal swab test But that's because I've been sick for a month and it's just a little bit too late for that so I have been getting emails and messages from you guys Like crazy telling me that you're concerned and I'm in your prayers and you were worried about my family I'm so sorry you guys to not let you know what was going on, but literally I was so sick that First of all, I couldn't make a video and I'm second of all I Know all of you out there are concerned about your own families and your friends and your jobs And I just didn't want to put out something that would make you worry more Until I knew that I was better and I am yay So let me give you a little bit of an idea about what's happened with me because I know you're curious So I left Arizona and I was camping by myself for a couple weeks there And I drove back to Colorado to be closer to my mom who had a chest cold at the time She's fine by the way. It really was just a chest cold But I wanted to be closer to her and to my boyfriend Doug Because he works in Colorado and didn't feel comfortable even though he is now working remotely Going all the way to Arizona. So I came to Colorado and like I told you guys I was mooch docking on a friend's property well No to self Don't go back to Colorado in March, which is the snowiest month. So you guys know I just had a ton of solar put on my rig so I could boondock longer and I took the money from what would have gone into a generator and put it into the solar So I didn't have a hookup and I didn't have a generator and it just snowed and snowed and snowed We got like three major storms that were like between eight inches and a foot So we're up there and it's a great spot and really grateful to have been there but The very first weekend Doug came it snowed like a foot and we had no water Because I mean seriously the 12 volt was so low the pump went out because the batteries went out no heat And no power sometimes for one two days and We have propane, but we were using those little baby tanks And we were going through one a day because I didn't have a skirt on and it was like nine degrees outside. So Doug and I were outside a lot in this like weather and The week after that which I guess is about three weeks now ago We both were getting like headaches and we were really tired and we were just crabby You know just like really in a foul mood and I thought oh this RV things not for him And you know, I felt bad that he was in the RV and all these things were going wrong But then I just started to get sicker so one night I said to Doug He was sitting across the room and all of a sudden I said I think you should leave and he said what I said I think you should go because he has an apartment in Denver and I Could tell I was going to start coughing and it was never going to stop and if I did have it I didn't want him anywhere around me. So it took some convincing But I got him to leave my mother was not happy with that you guys and You know, I was really knocked on my butt after that really Knocked on my butt and I'll tell you I don't know what this was But I did have the symptoms of COVID-19, but you know When I got sick in Colorado there there were no tests unless you had a temperature over 103, which I did not so I just kind of Just hunkered down and tried to get through it But you know, there were a couple times I was trapped up in the mountains in my RV and some serious snow And I was thinking If I need to go to the hospital, can I get down this hill? What's more dangerous, right? But I'm very lucky. I got better. I am better I'm still you can hear You know, a little froggy little breathless I get tired It's been about a month and again you guys I don't know I don't know and I know a lot of you out there are in the same boat I am, you know, you start to get a headache and you go, oh my god Do I have it or you know somebody that's had it and I'll tell you in my life I have also had scarlet fever and Dane gay fever now I'm not a hypochondriac. I've only been to the emergency room once in my life. I've never spent the night in the hospital in fact when I got scarlet fever, I was in college and I didn't want to miss my finals and it was really sick But I thought after the finals then I'll go to the med center Well, I broke out in these little splotches everywhere and I thought oh god I have chicken pox because I've never had it and I went into the health center and it turns out It was scarlet fever, which I didn't know at the time is just strep throughout run amok I refused to go to the doctor. So it turned into scarlet fever and I was fine, you know with the penicillin then I got Dane gay fever in my 30s in Costa Rica, which is a mosquito-borne illness and oh my god, that was heinous. So I'll tell you Give better best Dane gay fever was worse than this for me But scarlet fever was not as bad as whatever the heck it was that I just had And so again, you guys I apologize for not being around I really I really wanted to respect your time And I didn't want to put out any crap and I didn't want to put out anything that would make any of you worry but I'm back and very excited to be back and I'm going to be putting out the videos that you guys have been waiting for and I'll tell you I Want to give you some thoughts about my RV life in general and maybe your RV life It's tough right now It's tough for all of us to figure out where to go and what's going to be open and what's going to be closed and You know how far we can go and how long we can stay and what services are going to be there and you know being down for 30 days sucked You know, I kept making this joke all last year because I really kind of ran myself into the ground last year With a bunch of projects and I kept saying I just want 30 days to sit in a chair and watch a bird fly by That was like my favorite joke. I just kept saying that. Well, listen to the universe, you know, because um, I Got what I wanted. I got to sit in a chair for 30 days, but it was no fun but it gave me some time to reflect And I've said this a long time ago So maybe you guys have heard this but I don't live in an RV because I want to live in an RV necessarily Although it's rad and I love it and you might love it too. I live in an RV because It's a conduit that allows me to pursue the other things that I wanted out of my life because my expenses were so much less I could leave my corporate job and pursue some of the other stuff that I love and You know what on reflection I found that I was not Spending my time on the stuff that I loved and so um, you know, I still I love YouTube don't get me wrong I've got a lot of stuff that's gonna come out with you guys and you know my last two books I spent a lot of time on and But I have been wanting to paint and work on the suspense series That I've been working on so It was a nice wake-up call for me I'm gonna work on my immunity because I mean clearly I could have done better in that regard and Really focusing on what it is I want out of my life and I'm sure all of you are doing the same thing because you know Like I said in my Ted talk you guys It's all about time We only have a finite amount of time We can't make more and I'm sure that that's really coming into focus for a lot of you like it has for me recently and I'm very grateful that I'm in the RV now because I don't have a mortgage and I already work Remotely, right? But that doesn't mean that I don't need a good kick in the pants once in a while to tell me that I need to refocus on the things that make me happy of the things that are important So I'll tell you if you Live in an RV like I do, you know, you're bobbing you're weaving just like I did I had to leave my mooch talking spot I'm in a new spot more on that soon. You know some things work some things don't work. You have to pivot But even if you're in an RV now Traveling from place to place every 14 days, let's say if you're a boondocker is great and it's fun and we get a little antsy when we don't get to do it, but Think about the things maybe that you wanted to do in your RV life and focus on that My advice and if you're not in an RV yet, but you want to go You know, if I weren't in an RV and I was still in the planning stage I'd be real antsy to do that right now because There is a lot more freedom even for I think me during this time because I get to go outside And I get to watch that bird fly by I wouldn't have been able to do that in an apartment and I get to make choices about what work I do Because of the RV. So if you're in a planning stage right now and you want to do it, don't give up, you know now's a great time to Do some research because we're all home a lot of us are home And respect to the people that are not home. My god. I'm so grateful for everybody that's out there working but You know, there's a chance to get a used RV now Maybe you start out in an RV park at your feet under you get some remote work and by the way If you're new to my channel or you just haven't checked it out My last two books will guide you through all that stuff. The first one is called be a nomad change your life Which shows you everything about like state residency Licenses how to camp different regs all that stuff and then the last one I did work from home has over 300 job resources For remote work and look seriously you guys I'm not Just trying to plug my books here. I want to tell you that I've had so many close friends and family Like people close to me that I've known all my life or 20 years That are like, I don't know. I can't find a job. Nobody's hiring everybody's furloughed and I'm like I know them So I'm like now you've got this skill and this skill and this skill Let me send you the book because you be able to find remote work right now There's more demand for remote work. So I tell you about that stuff because Right now, it's really easy to feel stuck Right, we all get our feet knocked out from under us. I know I just did But personally I want to take that as an opportunity to Figure out what's important and retool and maybe I have to retool again like we all do and just try and move closer the most that we can so just know that there are ways out there to keep going and I think everything's gonna become a little clear this year about what we can do I'm hoping that the outdoor spaces will open back up, especially like, you know Next fall with long-term visitor areas and stuff like that fingers crossed because I'm hoping that's my plan and I've got lots of videos coming out for you guys that are gonna help you Plan or mooch doc or all kinds of other stuff just some really inspiring Interviews also that I did so look out for those in the next couple of weeks and really quick I just want to say again like I'll cry you guys because When I was sick and I got your emails and the messages on social media I mean, I've it really lifted me up and I know a lot of you were really concerned about me and now I Want you to know that I'm thinking about you so if anybody out there is feeling a little down Or sick or the loved one is sick or you lost someone please know that I'm here Thinking about you too and tomorrow's another day scarlet and we're all gonna figure this out and we're all gonna be okay I appreciate you and I'm thinking and praying about all of you also and remember everybody It's about time and what you're gonna do with your time and you can still have Happy travels and be free Even if it's only up here for now, I'll see all of you guys soon. Thank you for sticking with me during this time I'm back people this bird is back and I am going to Have a lot of content out for you on the blog and on YouTube and on social media in the next couple weeks So keep a lookout. Thanks guys. Bye