Prologue
Every now and then James and I like to dream about change. Not that we really want any change, but if the right moment came we'd be ready for change.
That moment almost happened
Two days ago James' work announced a meeting for all 10 hour PTs.James came home from work and predicted the possibility that he'd have to change from a 10 hour work day to an 8 hour work day. Over the last year all new PTs have been 8 hour hires. So the possibility of this change was possible.
The next day James went to work promising he'd text me if he got any news at the meeting.
This was the text I got; "I still have a 10 hour job. Don't worry."
Then he sent me another text. "What if we bought a big RV and I worked as a traveling Therapist?"
Not knowing exactly where this thought was coming from, I replied. "I'd totally love it."
and that was the end of short text messaging conversation.
Knowing I'd have to wait another 6 hours to finish this conversation my mind starting humming and ideas and plans where in the making.
List of things to Do:
- Put trim on the floor, and replace trim around doors
- Replace bedroom doors
- Sale the Piano, Beds, Dishes, (we will need dishes that don't brake for the RV)
- Toys to keep
- Legos, American girl dolls, Animals, Wooden trains, and a few board games
- Sale or donate ALL other toys
- (okay there would be some negotiations between kids and me about storing a few toys.)
- Store all books.
- (I can't imagine getting rid of our book collection)
- Go through everyone's closets and choose 7 outfits to keep, a few winter clothes and 3 pairs of shoes. I could keep 4 dresses/skirts one for every Sunday of the month
- I wonder if we'd take our temple bags or just rent clothing where we are?
- Is it bad that i'm even questioning leaving temple clothes?
- Talk to Jim and Jeanie about RVs
- Buy a Tablet or a laptop (an RV has limited space)
- Will probably need to upgrade cell phone coverage since we'll need good coverage across the entire nation. Probably Verizon.
- Butcher rabbits, possibly sale cages,
- Clean out bee boxes, recycle the wax and store for when we return
- Possible Tents
- Friend from down the street who is living at home but wanting to rent or buy
- I would love to have the renters be a referral from someone we know
- Oh boy renting would be tricky
Things to research:
- Do we sale the house and use the estimated 70,000.00 profit to buy an RV?
- The house has new windows, a new roof, a new shed, a new heat pump, all pluses to selling.
- It does need some replacement siding and a new paint job. But that's another story.
- I need to Find out how much RVs coast?
- Do we rent out the house and finance the RV?
- We could use the rent to pay for the mortgage and then use the Housing stipend to pay the RV?
- Got to find out how much we'd pay in interest. and how much an RV would resell for?
- We should try to make it work out that the extra money we'd make goes to paying off the student loans. That would have to be a top priority.
Other random thoughts during my impromptu planning meeting
- I think we could start as early as June.
- We could travel for a year or two and then relocate on the Olympic Peninsula.... or where we decide.
- We should create a wish list of all the places we want to see.
- AZ should be on the list, what way we can visit will all our friends we haven't seen in a long time.
- The entire East coast would be a must.
- I've always wanted to live in Pennsylvania.... and Ohio,,,, Taxes, Kansas, and California.
- Oh don't forget Denver, and Utah. Just in case we ever really do want to move there.
- Oh think of all the people we'd meet.
- The stories we'd have.
- All the blogging we'd do
- We should do this soon, while all three kids can still share a bed.
- They could have the bed that sits over the driver and passenger seat. And James and I would share the bed in the back.
- The RV would have a TV and we'd have so much fun sitting around the kitchen table playing board games in the evening.
- I'd get really good at learning about new areas and finding cool things to explore.
- This could be very exciting.
- Now I just need to find out how serious James is on this matter.
A few hours later when James arrives home
ME: "Where you serious about the traveling therapist job?"
James: "no, not really. I was just talking to a traveling therapist at work today, with kids."
Me: "Well I've got it all planned out if you decide you want to." hahahahahahahahaha
Me again: "So what was your meeting about?
James: "Oh they just wanted to get suggestions on how we could be productive and since all the experienced PTs have 10 shifts they asked for our advice."
Epilogue
James and I are very happy where we are. We love to talk about change and the possibilities but are very happy with all that we have.
I found my thought process to be thought out and yet so sporadic that I wanted to capture the moment.
Who knows maybe someday we'll do it, but for now, we'll keep the amazing Job, the beautiful little house, the meat rabbits, bees and soon to be chickens, We'll keep the front yard to play in, the friendly neighbors who watch out for us, the fun street to play and explore on. We'll keep our homeschool co-op, our preschool, and our everyday adventures.
For life is good.
