Well … Officially 33 days until we leave. Both of us are feeling both excitement and fear as we look at what we’re actually getting ready to do. Other people have done a similar trip, but we are going to be dealing with a major health issue and being 60+ and out of shape doesn’t help matters much.
But we’re going to do it! We’ve been back on and forth several times. What happens if ________ What about ________ Thoughts are constantly in our heads evaluating if this is a wise decision. The money we spend on the trip could/would/should go towards a new house since we want to move. But I keep telling Dave … on my death bed I don’t want to be thinking .. “I wish I had” instead of “I remember when we did!”
That thought alone keeps us pressing on. I love my job and don’t want to lose it but since we haven’t been on vacation in over 3 years I feel that we need to do this in order to keep our sanity — we have not been living life but we also can’t live in a bubble – we have the need to go and once again live life before we can’t.
So we’ll go and deal with the unknown as needed. Hand in hand …. side by side – just as we always have.