Things are really rolling now! Everything is coming to the end here in Florida. We are sitting on the last chairs in our nearly empty three-bedroom apartment waiting for two more days when we won’t even have chairs. We have sold so much of our stuff. We took a huge load of clothes and miscellaneous household items in as donations. We have cleaned out our clothes so everything we own fits in two suitcases. We sent home a pile of small boxes of things we would be hard-pressed to replace. Tammy, from work, is coming over to see if there is anything she wants or knows where it could find a new home. And now, we wait… Who knew 11 days could feel like 10 years?!
Oh yeah, Matilda passed her interview and is getting her paperwork ready to move to South Korea to teach English!!! That is spectacular and adds one more location to our itinerary. I started learning Greek for this trip and now it looks like I need to add Korean! She will not go there until February, so we have time to plan, but she is going!! It is starting to feel like we can make plans and count on them. I know, that is just crazy to think, but it feels like we are getting there.
I am starting to get excited for the next step! I know this is going to be a long process, but the fact that it is becoming a reality is pretty incredible. I keep looking at all the steps it has taken to get this far. It is almost too much to think about the next few steps. Just think, there are only a few more steps before we are living somewhere else and just being a part of the world. I am beside myself with anticipation!
Axel prefers just to be told what the next step is, not too much introspection or thinking – just tell me what I am doing, mom. I am good with that. He is nervous about where we are heading, but has his seatbelt on and is going along for the ride. He is a great travel companion. He goes with the flow and will participate as long as he gets downtime for video games. Fair trade.
Leaving work is bittersweet. I will miss all these people, but I am glad to be finishing this chapter of my life. It has been a little harder than I thought it would be. It has, however, led me to this spot. A spot I am very happy to be in and have been trying to get to for so long. It is the universe just doing what it does. Everything gets to where it is supposed to be eventually!
I was thinking everything was going pretty smoothly, but the stress must be getting to me. I had to go to the dentist because I had a sharp pain in one of my teeth. I thought, “Of course this would be happening two weeks before I am supposed to leave.” They got me in really fast, did an x-ray, and said nothing is wrong. She said I am chomping and grinding my teeth really hard – probably stress related… Pssh, what does she know? HAHAHA!
20K and a Year Away 