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Well the first leg our journey has begun….kind of. In preparation for our trip, Dan and I have moved in with my parents. Aside from being blamed for a sticky substance on the kitchen counter, despite my protests in self-defense, it has been fairly uneventful thus far.
Paula
The journey… 6 months around the world. The question… how does one simply skip out for half a year and go galavanting all over, literally, God’s green earth? What I keep hearing from people is: “Now or never”. With the impending future of ever increasing responsibility (read: kids, career, house, life, etc), it can be overwhelming… But, I don’t believe in nevers… however, “now or a long ass time from now when your kids are out of the house” is more real… Then the thought pops up that noone can know what life will hand you. Maybe Paula and I won’t be able to travel as easily then as we can now… so, for now, “now or never” ends up being the compelling argument.
A trip like this takes serious resources and planning… While paula and I are not planners, what we lack in that department, I’d like to think we more than make up with our love of freedom; not being tied down to ‘a plan’.
Resources, though…. this is the tricky part. We’ve decided to rent out our house. We found a nice couple to rent to but they moved in on Monday. Oops, only gave ourselves 1 day to move out. Luckily we only had to move our clothes and necessities for the trip and for winter. Every thing else got boxed and labeled and put in the attic. Where are we now? Well, for the first time in over 11 years for me and a few less for paula, we are living with ‘the folks’. We’ll be there until we can find a short term place to crash or until we leave… which ever comes first.
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