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June 12, Month 1

Homeless

Anticipation, excitement, fear... that is what I feel right now. We have talked and talked and talked about this trip. I am at the point I just want to go. Are we adequately prepared? Likely no. Richard has been the big planner behind the trip. I have been the 'sure that sounds great' person. Wait, I guess that sounds like I don't trust him, but that is not the case. I am just nervous. The list would be too huge to name all of the things I am nervous about and I don't care to share just how big of a worrier I am in public. It is not my fault though; I come from a long line of worriers (thanks mom). It is in my blood as much as red or white blood cells. Home-schooling? Medical care? GROSS TOILETS!!!!?? You name it- it has crossed my mind and I STILL want to go. As many things that I worry about, it still seems worth the 'risk'. I can't help but wonder how I will feel next year at this time. I am confident it will have been worth it... at least I hope:) Hee Hee.

Right now my girls are having fun saying that we are homeless. It was funny the first handful of times they said it, but now it feels a little too true. While we are gone for the trip, we are renting our home out as a furnished rental to help cover the mortgage. Our first opportunity for a rental came quicker than we anticipated, but we couldn't turn it down so we have been staying in our friend's empty house on their floor for 3 nights (they are getting ready to lease it out). It feels so weird to know that someone is in our house. We drove by to see if they had made it and there were cars in the driveway. A man was out in the front reading a newspaper in the front of MY house. It felt kind of like I had stepped into some parallel universe.

Before check-in time, we got our house ready in our classic style: just in the nick of time. We cleaned and packed and cleaned and packed. In the end we were chucking stuff into our storage with the hope that in a few days we will organize it.

So we got our house squeaky clean before we left. We will clean the areas of our friend's house that we used when we leave. When we get back to our house, we will clean (and sanitize) everything so that we can stay there. Then, we will do it again when we leave 5 days later for the next renters. Sounds fun!

I will feel much better when I see my house again... this is uncomfortable, but if it helps to finance our dream; I guess it is worth it [groan].