When we inked the deal for the HOA house we didn’t know where we would be headed exactly. We knew we wanted to buy a home on the east coast, but since we hadn’t decided on a new home yet, we decided to take our buyers up on their offer to rent back the HOA house to us for a few months while we figured things out.
Moving is a total pain and the last thing we wanted to do was rush into making a decision on where we would live next. And in hindsight, it was a fabulous decision as it allowed us to stay in the HOA house during the holidays and pack up the house slowly over the course of a few months.
It honestly felt like once we had the HOA house sold and we’d knew we would still be staying in the neighborhood for a while, everything just sort of fell into place from there.
The home we had our eye on in the Northeast was still available and as it turned out, the owners of our future {what I’m hoping will be} forever home needed a long closing date. Which, as it turned out lined up with our plans. The HH was able to give his employer {whom he has worked for, for the last 25 years} an incredibly long notice, and The Girl was able finalize the last remaining classes she needed to finish up her degree.
Many of you have asked if she plans to move with us, and yes, she does. After she graduates she will take a gap year {for work, travel and volunteering} and then her plans are to go on to grad school in the Northeast.
We’ve asked Monkey Boy {several times} if he would like to come with us, but so far, he wants to stay. For no other reason really than he is having a BLAST living with his two best friends {from middle school} in their bachelor pad. And honestly, we can’t blame him. If I was in my early 20’s and had the choice of moving across the country with my parents or staying put and hanging out with my buddies…. I’d stay too. After all, I moved out of my parents home at 19 … so I get it. And there are these really cool things called cell phones, and airplanes and long weekends and grandparents who live in the area too.
And for those of you who have asked if my parents are moving with us…. Ummm no. They have their own lives to live and have always been {and always will be} avid travelers. In fact, they already have plans for a long visit scheduled. And although they will miss us, they totally understand why we are doing it. Because they too, also moved away from their families and home state {at around the same age we are now} to live somewhere that was new and exciting to them. So they get the whole “If not now, then when?” mantra.
So. Where do all these plans leave us right now?
What if I told you the three of us {the HH, The Girl and myself} and Lucy are all staying in a 600 square foot furnished apartment {in the area} for the next month? Yep. We are. And honestly, after just two nights of being here, I kind of like it. Granted we are all living out of suitcases for the next few weeks {1 for me, 2 for the HH and 3 for The Girl} because all of our stuff is in storage until we haul it across the United States next month, but hey…. that’s life. It’s meant to be an adventure. Right?
The only things on my current to do list:
- Finish Taxes
- Order a new couch
- Work on blog posts
- Work on the bag full of rug hooking projects I brought along
- REST
The calm before the {gardening} storm. It’s finally here, and I’m going to enjoy everyday of it.
Have a wonderful Tuesday everyone, 🙂 🙂 🙂
~Mavis
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A little something for the new homeowners.
Quote of the Day ““Patience is power. Patience is not an absence of action; rather it is “timing” it waits on the right time to act, for the right principles and in the right way.” ~ Fulton J. Sheen
