by Hope
The choice has been made. The plans have been made. I’m headed to Texas in a few weeks for an open ended stick with my dad and mom.
I wrote in regards to the tug I’d been feeling to go. And I’ve determined to heed it. Addy and I’ll drive down in a few weeks.
Unsure once we will return precisely, however I shall be again by mid-October as a result of Princess can have her knowledge tooth extracted and I’ll keep together with her whereas she recovers.
My son is thrilled. My sister is worked up. My dad is worked up. And I feel all of them have lists of issues they’d like me to get achieved whereas I’m there, along with spending time with them.
However the primary purpose is to see what I can do to assist my dad on a each day with my mother’s care with a give attention to taking good care of him too. My siblings do an AMAZING job of supporting him. He simply appears to reply in a different way to me. (We’ve got all the time been very, very shut.) And his well being has positively suffered within the final couple of years. With most cancers therapy, emergency gallbladder removing, and constant ache that has but to be identified, we simply all imagine he wants some added help. So I can go and keep and assist.
Work and Journey
I’m SO GRATEFUL that I’m able to make this journey and be there as wanted. The prices shall be minimal. Addie and I’ll automotive camp on our approach there and again (or stick with family and friends alongside the way in which.) So simply fuel actually.
My boss has already been knowledgeable and is 100% supportive of me working from wherever I need too. This is among the large elements of selecting to stay a contractor at this juncture. I’ve full freedom to journey, transfer, reside wherever and never have an effect on the company taxes, and so forth.
I additionally alluded to some large choices have been made within the final couple of weeks. This journey can even assist me flesh a few of these choices out. Extra on that in coming weeks or months…
Hope is a artistic, solutions-focused enterprise supervisor serving to purchasers develop their enterprise and work extra effectively by leveraging experience in mission administration, digital advertising, & tech options. She’s not too long ago change into an empty nester as her 5 foster/adoptive children have unfold their wings. She lives together with her 3 canines in a small city in NE Georgia and prefers the mountains to the seashores any day. She struggles with the journey bug and is doing her finest to assist every of her children as their end education and change into unbiased (nevertheless it’s arduous!) She has run her personal consulting firm for nearly twenty years! Hope started sharing her journey with the BAD group within the Spring of 2015 and appears like she has lastly in a spot to actually give attention to making clever monetary choices.
