Disability and Moving!
Well, we sold the house last night, and I waited to do this blog until I knew that the Buyers had accepted our acceptance of their purchase agreement.
So, because we had already found our new home, and had already submitted what is called a "conditional" purchase agreement on that home, we now have JUST THREE (3) WEEKS to move!
Now please understand; I LOVE the new home. My set-up will be significantly improved, and the whole home is closer to my son's Church. However, I HATE MOVING!!
Have I mentioned that I hate moving? I am what was, in my youth, called an "Army Brat". What that means is that my Father was in the Army; he was an Army Lawyer - just like the lawyers in the TV series JAG. We moved all over the world: California, Japan, Virginia, Germany, California, Georgia, Kentucky, etc.
By the time I went to collage at age 18 I had moved 19 times, and everything that I owned in this world could fit into one large suitcase.
Needless to say, when I began my "adult" life, I began getting and keeping "stuff" like a pack-rat.
But once my MS became so severe that I needed to move to a one-level condo, I realized that I needed to start downsizing. Getting rid of: dried flower arrangements (about 15 of them); Pendleton suits great for working in a Bank, but not for a Ship Repair Yard; HIGH HEELS - great when you can walk, not so good when you can't; 100's of books - I now use the Library; etc.
So, I have downsized, and I STILL HATE MOVING!. I'll let y'all know how the process unfolds over the next few weeks. But for now, I challenge each of you; what is it that you hate to do; what in your life gives you headaches? Are you facing up to your roadblocks?
More later!
So, because we had already found our new home, and had already submitted what is called a "conditional" purchase agreement on that home, we now have JUST THREE (3) WEEKS to move!
Now please understand; I LOVE the new home. My set-up will be significantly improved, and the whole home is closer to my son's Church. However, I HATE MOVING!!
Have I mentioned that I hate moving? I am what was, in my youth, called an "Army Brat". What that means is that my Father was in the Army; he was an Army Lawyer - just like the lawyers in the TV series JAG. We moved all over the world: California, Japan, Virginia, Germany, California, Georgia, Kentucky, etc.
By the time I went to collage at age 18 I had moved 19 times, and everything that I owned in this world could fit into one large suitcase.
Needless to say, when I began my "adult" life, I began getting and keeping "stuff" like a pack-rat.
But once my MS became so severe that I needed to move to a one-level condo, I realized that I needed to start downsizing. Getting rid of: dried flower arrangements (about 15 of them); Pendleton suits great for working in a Bank, but not for a Ship Repair Yard; HIGH HEELS - great when you can walk, not so good when you can't; 100's of books - I now use the Library; etc.
So, I have downsized, and I STILL HATE MOVING!. I'll let y'all know how the process unfolds over the next few weeks. But for now, I challenge each of you; what is it that you hate to do; what in your life gives you headaches? Are you facing up to your roadblocks?
More later!
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