The longest three weeks of our lives is over and we are finally moved in but definitely not yet settled. It was sad to say good-bye to our old home and I am sure the new owners are going to love it there. It truly was a great home and moving into a townhome has definitely made us feel somewhat melancholy. It was a lot of hard work moving what we could on our own and it was a real eye-opener at the amount of stuff we have and don’t need. So the purging is still ongoing as we sort through things. Basically our finished basement is a mess with everything piled down there and we are slowly going to go through it and keep on taking stuff to the dump or to the Goodwill. Our townhome just doesn’t feel quite like home yet until we get more pictures up on the walls, my window coverings are on order and once they are installed, it will look better than having sheets up at the window! I have had California Closets in to measure 4 closets so we can create more storage space and that will really help with putting things away. Unfortunately they cannot be installed until the end of July so we have another month of still living amongst boxes until I have the room to empty them.
I am already feeling quite comfortable in our new home as I can envision what it will look like when all is said and done but Brian is really struggling with it and says he doesn’t like it. I’m hopeful that he will feel much better once we are more settled but it definitely is a different way of life living so close to other people. Having said that though, all the people we have met in our complex are very much like us, most are empty-nesters living out their retirement years in a smaller place and having less responsibility and it is going to be a quiet complex which is just perfect from my point of view.
The best thing about the move though is how close we now are to Breanne and family and for a short while David and Jenn. It is so nice that they are able to pop around to see us by just walking up the street. Brian does loving having his best buddy “Annika” over who is helping papa put things away and putting up shelves and pictures. She goes with papa when he takes his weekly trip to the dump or to Value Village to donate things we don’t need anymore. This is what is going to make Brian love being here and once our house is looking nice inside; I’m sure he will be fine.
On another happy note, David and Jenn have just sold their condo and are moving to a new home in Cambridge. They are having a hugely busy year, what with getting married on July 21 and moving into their new home August 23. Cambridge will make it a bit closer for David to drive to work in New Hamburg but Jenn will have to drive to Guelph to work but it is not that far for her really as she can take all the back roads. Another piece of good news from Jenn’s point of view is that she got a teaching contract position from September to December in one of her favorite schools here in Guelph. It is only until December but hopefully something else will come up after that. Jenn is a supply teacher for the Separate School Board and one day is hoping to get a full-time position but it seems to take forever with very few jobs becoming available. It is hard for these young teachers and I feel so bad for them as they are keen to work and are young at heart and would make great teachers.
Well, that is our update for now. Otherwise, Brian is doing well health-wise other than a chest cold he has been suffering with but that now seems to be on the mend. The grandkids had the same cold, so I think Brian picked it up from one of them. I will update with some pictures once I find my camera!!!!!!
