It's Friday. It's also jeans day here at work and I'm all caught up (for the moment), so I'm comfortable, happy and optimistic. PTO, (Paid Time Off) is a wonderful thing. I'm taking off a few hours early so I can clean the apartment we moved out of, turn in the keys and be done with it as opposed to spending my Saturday up to my elbows in "scrubbing bubbles" and oven cleaner. I've spent every night after work this week putting things away in our new apartment. I'm not done, but at least I can take a deep breath and relax a little this weekend. I have five more full days of PTO to use between now and the end of the year which is amazing to me. Usually, you have to work a year to get a week or two. At my new job, I'm constantly accruing PTO and I have no doubt I will use it.
Bob and I changed our cell phone numbers last night which was rather traumatic for me. I've had the same cell phone password for over ten years. I only remember how long it's been because my password was the building and apartment number where Bob and I lived the last time I changed it...37501204. Who else in the world would remember that other than me? All that's changed now...addresses, phone numbers, passwords, cities and now, states.
Our lives haven't exactly been uneventful with all the changes we've had in the past six months, but it all feels right. We are very happy and content here in Tennessee. It feels good to have the move(s) behind us, to have plenty of room and a garage again. We haven't ventured too far from home thus far, but now that the weather has cooled down we are planning a few road trips on the Harley. It's so beautiful here; it would be crazy to not take the time to discover the area around us. I wonder if the lifers truly realize how beautiful it is?
The question Bob and I get most is whether or not we are going to buy a house "down here." We've met a few people already at our new apartment complex. The buildings there are only four and six years old; everyone we've met have lived there practically since the place opened and loves being there. Hmmm....
We know it's a buyer's market right now, but I'm not interested in buying a house with the emphasis on saving an interest point or two. I guess that should be a big concern but, to answer every one's question, if we buy a house down here, it will be because we found a house we absolutely love that meets all our criteria. Comfortable apartment living has some excellent pros. Unfortunately, it also has some cons. Such is life. The biggest con is money spent, never to be recovered. The biggest pro is the carefree lifestyle living in a community such as ours provides.... Hot water heater quit? Call the Super. Yard needs mowed? Not our problem. Roof, gutters, foundations, windows, plumbing...been there, done that. I guess we'll always keep our eyes and ears open, but I don't anticipate going anywhere anytime soon. I know, I know... famous last words...
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