Hey there @thedarkhorse! I wondered what you have been up to :)
I have three things I want to say to you about all of this:
organisation is the key to success. At work, at home, in your psyche...all of it. My son told me the other day he was feeling a little anxious and realised that by cleaning up his apartment, it reduced the stress and anxiety immediately. I know when I was teaching, I had to keep my desk organised for all of the obvious reasons, but more for my own 'head-space'. Good for you for really tackling it and not just stuffing the 'crap' in boxes and hiding it all in the closet.
you're probably making your wife nervous because you may start doing this to all of the rooms in the house, and start touching her stuff :)
and lastly, be careful because you appear to be a spits-throw away from two back packs and a suitcase :)
See you guys soon in Mexico!!
Yeah I have taken way more time around the house and backed off Steemit for a few days. Really needed this and it!
I wouldn't dare touch my Wife's stuff. That would be very risky...lol
Might need a little more then 2 backpacks, but just removed probably an SUV worth of crap from my life. Figure I'll do that 4 or 5 times over once I start tackling the garage. Need to have a big garage sale this year and if stuff doesn't sell it's being donated or trashed.
Never been to Mexico, but it would be on my list of places to spend a few weeks or months. Would love to just spend some time in a number of places to find where I love.
Sometimes it's nice to close the laptop and walk away from this for a day or so isn't it? It can become a little too all-consuming...for me anyway ;)
Spoken like a smart husband!! Never touch your wife's stuff ;)
Ahhh yes, the dreaded garage! I remember all too well; in Vancouver where my house was, there weren't really basements like in your neck of the woods or where I grew up in Ontario. So the garage became the catch-all; mine even had a loft that I'd packed with crap too :)
And if you've never been to Mexico, put Playa del Carmen on your list. This time of year especially...for you I mean, to get out of the ugly weather, although I guess Spring is soon in the air there!
Glad you're back! Cheers :)
I also have a 800 sq ft loft above the garage. This is what needs to be cleared out. My youngest has really gotten into parkour and think the loft would be a cool place to make some mats and bars for her to practice on. At the same time want to put a hockey net up there for my oldest. Figure there has to be a way to do both.
Please send that memo about Spring to Mother Nature. Guess we have 2 more rounds of snow coming our way including potentially 2-3 inches later in the week.
Is Playa del Carmen where you live now? If so and I make it we are grabbing a beer and you can tell me the best places to visit.
The joys of teenagers :) I remember moving to Vancouver and setting up a tent in the loft for the kids and their buddies because it was simply raining all of the time!! We all hated it;)
Wish I had a direct line to Mother Nature for you! My parents, just south of Detroit, were complaining of the same thing. Spring can't come fast enough for them.
And yes, Brian and I are in Playa so if (when?) you come, it will be more than one ;)
Not sure how anyone lives where it rains all the time. That would drive me crazy. But sounds like you have gotten to bounce around Canada a bit and live in different places so that's fun. At least you knew what you liked and didn't like about all those places.
Yeah Detriot area has been getting very similar weather as us. Some winters we don't get the same storms, but this year it's been a lot that have come across us and straight out east hitting Detroit and then the East coast...they are sick of Winter this year too from people I know out there.
Good, more then 1 is how I roll. My wife will take a drink with an umbrella and the beach. Myself give me a bucket of beer and where we are doesn't really matter. She is the Yin to my Yang. We are so opposite in so many ways it's almost crazy we have been together for 21 years now.
The rain is what brought us here; last winter, I think it rained for 8 months straight...I was ready to hang myself and decided, 'that's it', we are outta here!
I just read your last bit to Brian and he laughed because we are both 'bucket of beer' kinda people :)
21 years...good for you guys. You seem to hear that less and less these days...Ying/yang, whatever works! Congratulations ;)
I would say a move was the better choice if it had gotten that bad. Can't even imagine it raining that often. I'm sick of it after 2 or 3 days.
So are you guys retired down there or did you find work? Would imagine finding work is the issue if you move to Mexico.
Chat with someone that left Canada for Panama and know that earning a real income down there is not as simple as in Canada or the US.
In May we will be 22 year since we started dating and 17 years of being married. I was smart and picked our dating anniversary as our wedding date. When I noticed it was a Sat and in the time frame we wanted it was a firm date for me. One less date to
forgetremember.