It took four weeks to get my house ready to put on the market, including…
repairing damaged wood floors with the invaluable help of my friend/realtor,
staging the house with the design genius of my sister. (Unfortunately, I didn’t take any pictures of the stunning work she did.)
And getting the house clean with the help of a new friend/house cleaner.
We left with the dogs to stay at my father-in-law’s house.
The house went into contract on the 4th day. I hadn’t considered what came next. We had to find another place to live while the old girls lived out their final days/weeks/months. We had approximately three weeks to move out. Ack!
It’s not easy to find an apartment that lets in large dogs, let alone one that offers short-term leases and is suitable for the old girls and us. We found a quiet place with lots of trees and “lakes.” And it is on the same beautiful bike trail near our now sold house. I’ll find the time to start running again too. I’ve missed it.
I haven’t lived in an apartment before. It is definitely different, but a good transition to living in a van. Because despite selling almost all of our furniture, selling, donating, and giving away more than half of our belongings, we are far from ready for van life. We moved from a 2,200+ sqft house to a 700+ sqft one-bedroom apartment. It took 13 hours, three truckloads, and three carloads to bring it all. There isn’t enough room to comfortably live with what we still have. My ability to visualize space and estimate time needs some work. I’ve already made more donations since we moved. I’ve become a regular at Goodwill since Kind Meals lost its community store space.
This new chapter of my life may be short, but it is integral to achieving financial independence and full-time travel.
WanderLyd 