Pins and needles
Anticipation is high for this plan to take effect. I want it all to fall into place and just be here now! Debt gone, the home selling/shopping and worries about starting over in a new job, state, and or life – just a funny story to talk about with family and friends.
Truth for breakfast:
Reality is that every place you live, work or play will have things you do and don’t like about it. Its a hard truth to swallow if you, like us, are just so ready for the change to take effect. I’m like every other guy on the planet. I want my satisfaction now. Instant gratification and payoff is what we men are most chided for and I don’t understand why. I mean come on. If we’ve done it since caveman times and are still doing it, why would you think we are going to change now? What, in all your experience with our gender, has lead you to believe that one day we’ll wake up and just say, “Okay, I can wait.”
Ramble over, back on track here… if there is a track:
I want the trips to the places we want to live to be over and the choices made. I want all the debt and all the “stuff” in our house already “purged”. I want us to have sold down to the bare walls and packed our meager clothes, laptop, and her Kitchenaid into our jeep (my dream vehicle) with the animals and be headed for the new house. There’s going to be a lot of work to do whereever we move to. You never find the perfect house with all the perfect things you want already done. So we’ll end up using the nest egg (part of the plan) to begin buying furnishings, repairing the minor fixes and applying the coat of paint to the new house. We’ll scout the new neighborhood for best grocery shopping areas, restaurants, and routes to and from our new jobs. We’ll make sure the yard has a decent fence for the dog to get out and play (along with her other outdoor activity). We’ll start the court paperwork for new state license and registration of our vehicle(s). We’ll have to look into phone, cable/satellite, high speed Internet, water, electricity, and H.O.A. stuff. Garbage pick up, local taxes, where the closest cinema is.
Moving is a lot of work:
We are planning on selling everything that isn’t nailed down and starting from scratch, but that doesn’t mean we won’t end up taking a few things along with us that were not expected originally. Things change fast – you never know. So, aside from the bed we love, there could be some other furniture to move. Plus we will have to re-buy a lot of large purchases when we get where ever we are going. Refrigerator, big screen TV, microwave, assorted furniture, probably a new desk set up for the office/study we are planning on etc. etc. Towels, window coverings, maybe lawn equipment depending on where we end up. Did I mention the big screen TV?
Thoughts:
I’ve been thinking about life and how different it will/could all be. I’ve been thinking how great it would be to not have utility bills that rival mortgage payments in the summer. About living on a small plot of land with my nice rustic homey lifestyle. Being able to sit out on the porch swing or throw the ball with Luna (my dog) and not instantly break out into sweat. Having fun outdoorsy stuff to do and not having weather that makes you just want to stay indoors ALL THE DAMN TIME!!! The peace of coming home to Val and the pets and being able to relax and not worry about what new hole in the wall or broken window or destroyed (insert expensive home whatcha’ call it here). Don’t get me wrong, I love my kid, wouldn’t trade him for all the tea in China, but I’ve raised him by myself since he was 3, he’s almost 18 now and lets just say he’s a handful. He’s got the next five years to figure it out and get going. After that papa bird puts him out of the nest – with or without his wings.
Me time:
Hey we all gotta have our dreams. Mine is not all that complicated. Life where there is money at the end of my bills, comfort and relaxation at the homestead, and something to do besides hide in the air conditioning hoping not to pass out from heat exhaustion. While I prefer to be hot over really cold, I’d rather just be comfortable. Call it the Taurus in me. ;P
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Have you ever wished you could just quit your job, move somewhere far away and start all over?We did, so WE ARE! We woke up and realized we were in our 40's, struggling from paycheck to paycheck, not loving where we live - not really living. So we decided to change it all.
