Thursday, May 13, 2004
Friends & Family
It looks as though some of our friends and family are getting into the spirit of our travel preparations. Knowing that we're planning to have as many sales as we can before we leave, some of our friends and family have started going through their basements, attics and garages and contributing items for our sale! How cool is that??
In the beginning I was worried that many of our friends and family didn't understand what we were planning to do. I think some of the older ones think we're having 60's flashbacks and are wanting to "tune in and drop out" (isn't that what they called it in the 60's?)! I know quite a few people worried how we'd live and if we'd be ok. And of course, some people simply didn't want us to go away from them, which is so sweet.
But we feel we're doing something we really want to do at a time in our life when it feels right to be doing it. With our plans to come back to Ohio each summer and fall to work our construction jobs, we'll still have time to visit our friends, so it's not a complete abandonment!! We'll be back to visit!
And this way will actually give us more chance to visit all our family. Mark's family is in Ohio and mine are in Tennessee so we can spend time seeing both families. Maybe even drive up to Boston and visit my cousins there, and stop in to meet some of the wonderful friends we've made over the internet. Won't they all be surprised! *g*
In the beginning I was worried that many of our friends and family didn't understand what we were planning to do. I think some of the older ones think we're having 60's flashbacks and are wanting to "tune in and drop out" (isn't that what they called it in the 60's?)! I know quite a few people worried how we'd live and if we'd be ok. And of course, some people simply didn't want us to go away from them, which is so sweet.
But we feel we're doing something we really want to do at a time in our life when it feels right to be doing it. With our plans to come back to Ohio each summer and fall to work our construction jobs, we'll still have time to visit our friends, so it's not a complete abandonment!! We'll be back to visit!
And this way will actually give us more chance to visit all our family. Mark's family is in Ohio and mine are in Tennessee so we can spend time seeing both families. Maybe even drive up to Boston and visit my cousins there, and stop in to meet some of the wonderful friends we've made over the internet. Won't they all be surprised! *g*
