Is this Retirement?

We supposedly "retired" two weeks ago, but this is not what I thought it would be like.  We have worked everyday getting ready to full-time in the Airstream.  We've given away a great number of items.  We've thrown away a lot - and I mean bags and bags of trash.  We are storing the things that we want to keep (at least for now) and will revisit them in the fall to see if there is more that can go live somewhere else.

As Wednesday approaches, we are making progress.  Tomorrow we will visit Gerry's mom's gravesite and replace the flowers, make one more pass through the grocery store, as well as pick up two more boxes and packing tape.  The furniture goes to storage on Tuesday and we hand over the keys to our home for the past eighteen years to someone else on Wednesday morning. 

Just One More Day

We are less than 24 hours away from being homeless and unemployed.  We've worked for years.  We had dreams and we made plans.  Now its time to live our dreams and make new plans. 

Even though our last work day is tomorrow, there are more days ahead of us to finish clearing out our house, packing up our memories and moving into the Airstream.  The one thing that surprises me is all the address changes that must be made.  Just when we think we have contacted everyone, another pops up and we scurry to get that changed.  Surely we must be getting close to the end. 

We will miss our family and friends.  They will be in our thoughts everyday.