Things have been pretty busy these last couple of weeks. We were meant to close on the house sale and purchase last week - this was delayed (with more paperwork) until this week - and at present we are waiting to here if we will close this Friday. Things got held up with our buyer delaying water quality tests and additional paperwork. That's all taken care of now, so we are waiing on the banks.
In the meantime, we have been packed and ready to move for a week or so, so we are living out of some boxes and just getting on with it. We have been donating many items and preparing to simplify some more so that our lives will be a lot easier when we move. While we will miss the house, we are looking forward to the ease of travelling and leaving the condo. With this in mind, we have started planning some trips and events...
We have decided to delay a little some of the plans - Evan is going to work on finishing his degree by the summer and it has become more important to Andy to be able to spend some more time in the UK before we hit Hawaii. We are looking at a few shorter trips over the next few months, with a view to getting moved and settled before we attempt some of our bigger ideas. More as these plans develop.
One of the highlights of the last couple of weeks was meeting Rita Golden Gelman - a self-professed nomad. Rita left a very comfortable life in LA to roam the world, living on a few thousand dollars a year, and travelling whereever she felt like, living with local people and learning customs and languages as she goes. She's been a nomad for approx. 25 years. Her book (Tales of a Female Nomad) is terrific. She came to talk about her new book at our local indie bookstore, where we got to listen to some more of her travel adventures, as well as meeting her, shaking hands and having her sign our copy of her book - quite inspiring considering she is in her late 60's (or older) - and still going strong.
we know it's time to get out there again when people start to ask where we are going next - so first off is a trip to Mexico City in the next month or so - currently in the planning process. We would also love to finally get to experience the Northern Lights - another trip in the planning stage.
More news in a couple of weeks - hopefully from our new home. Despite the slight delay, we are feeling very fortunate to have sold our house in the curent market.
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"I looked around and thought: There has to be more than one way to do life. There is." (Rita Golden Gelman)
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