Post by greatbluehopeful on May 31, 2020 5:56:50 GMT
Hi all...thanks - yes, I think moving house is definitely something I am realising we should have done years ago...but like always, the timing must be right and its a BIG decision not to be taken lightly.
It wasn't all plain sailing for us of course because of the two previous house choices that fell through prolonging the whole ordeal.
We had to go through several months of uncertainty once our own house was sold, and the upheaval of putting most of our stuff in storage and living in a small holiday house 50km (30 miles) away from the kids schools - we had commute there every day through long queues of traffic and again on the return journey while the 'process' was ongoing and my daughter was going through an important exam year - not ideal!!!! Not to mention co-coordinating their hectic social life and sporting activities!
But that was the choice we made and somehow, looking back, we all agree it was the best thing we ever did, and the kids learned a valuable lesson in patience and perseverance...and seeing that if something is worthwhile doing, then don't loose sight of the finish line....and speaking of which, himself and myself managed to find time train for a marathon through all of that too - honestly, I think I would have lost my mind if I didn't have something else to focus on.
As I sit here this morning, looking out the window....all of that is a very distant memory.
So happy to be here, especially in these unprecedented COVID 19 times. (The Dublin Marathon is cancelled this year for obvious reasons, but my entry rolls forward to 2021...but I've a fair bit to be doing this year - long runs don't really fit in! For once the timing was correct in this instance and I can continue gardening 'guilt free'. lol!)
I think since this last year, my outlook has change a great deal...I used to save up, and hold back, sacrificing the things I wanted just to be practical and looking out for the future, but now I am living by the "life is too short" scenario and coming to the realisation, that if you wait too long, it'll pass you by....seize the day!!! Life is not a rehearsal...
Buy that proverbial Oak tree!!
P.s I most definitely intend to grow some baby Oaks from my future acorns....there is a community garden across the road from us, where they sell veg & flowers, and maybe I'll sell my baby Oak trees there too?....€2 a plant or something like that?! Or just give them away for free...? Ireland will once again be covered in Oak trees by my hand....remember Johnny 'Appleseed' - well, something like that. ha,ha!!
It wasn't all plain sailing for us of course because of the two previous house choices that fell through prolonging the whole ordeal.
We had to go through several months of uncertainty once our own house was sold, and the upheaval of putting most of our stuff in storage and living in a small holiday house 50km (30 miles) away from the kids schools - we had commute there every day through long queues of traffic and again on the return journey while the 'process' was ongoing and my daughter was going through an important exam year - not ideal!!!! Not to mention co-coordinating their hectic social life and sporting activities!
But that was the choice we made and somehow, looking back, we all agree it was the best thing we ever did, and the kids learned a valuable lesson in patience and perseverance...and seeing that if something is worthwhile doing, then don't loose sight of the finish line....and speaking of which, himself and myself managed to find time train for a marathon through all of that too - honestly, I think I would have lost my mind if I didn't have something else to focus on.
As I sit here this morning, looking out the window....all of that is a very distant memory.
So happy to be here, especially in these unprecedented COVID 19 times. (The Dublin Marathon is cancelled this year for obvious reasons, but my entry rolls forward to 2021...but I've a fair bit to be doing this year - long runs don't really fit in! For once the timing was correct in this instance and I can continue gardening 'guilt free'. lol!)
I think since this last year, my outlook has change a great deal...I used to save up, and hold back, sacrificing the things I wanted just to be practical and looking out for the future, but now I am living by the "life is too short" scenario and coming to the realisation, that if you wait too long, it'll pass you by....seize the day!!! Life is not a rehearsal...
Buy that proverbial Oak tree!!
P.s I most definitely intend to grow some baby Oaks from my future acorns....there is a community garden across the road from us, where they sell veg & flowers, and maybe I'll sell my baby Oak trees there too?....€2 a plant or something like that?! Or just give them away for free...? Ireland will once again be covered in Oak trees by my hand....remember Johnny 'Appleseed' - well, something like that. ha,ha!!