May 28, 2024 - Tuesday



I couldn't sleep last night, thinking about the idea of moving. It's so scary! We've built a good life here. But, if we look back in 30 years, I think we'd regret leaving our family behind. We're both so family-oriented and we always talk about starting family traditions and how we want to build something for our kids, but we're missing a big piece: our ENTIRE extended family. We think we'd like to buy a property that we could share with my parents. They're getting older and it would give me so much peace to be able to be with them if/when they start to need us. Plus, how amazing would that be for our kids? Homeschooling has almost opened this door for us, given us this flexibility. We still think it's important to stay until Ben reaches 10 years with the state, in September of 2025, but before then, we could sell the house, buy a place in DE, and rent something small around here until he reached that point. Dad and MJ love the idea and I think we're actually going to go for it! Now that the idea has been planted, I don't know that we'll be able to squash it. We'll see where this goes!

I did some gardening today and Jonas and I ran again!!! I ran the whole 1.15 miles today without stopping at all and I KNOW I could have gone further. I'm going to try to commit to running with Jonas though, even if I can go further. Plus, my muscles are KILLING ME now. Maybe I shouldn't push it too hard.  

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