(I found this post so I thought I'd post it. It was written about 4 years ago.)
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It's a windy afternoon, and Craig is driving to Victoria, working for a few days.
I'm home alone, with the dog and cat.
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I just read my previous post and realised that it's been more than a year since I wrote on this blog. Lots of things have happened since then.
We survived living with my IL's for 8.5 months. It was tough, especially through the hottest summer on records, as their house has no air conditioning, however we got through.
Since then, some major stuff happening in our lives.
We sold our land. Yes, it was a difficult decision, but we decided that building a house, a big house, on a big block, was too much work for us. It would have been a big financial commitment, a big time commitment and an enormous physical and mental effort for us. We would have been busy for years setting up the house, the garage/s, the garden, etc. And quite frankly, we need to live for the now, make the most of the now. Because we don't know what's ahead of us.
So we sold our land (sob sob) and bought into a Lifestyle Village. For those of you who don't know (and most people don't) the Lifestyle Village we bought into is for people aged 50+. If you are a couple, at least one of you needs to be retired (ie. me).
Craig talked me into it, and, having been here now for nearly 7 months, I think we made the right choice.
We decided for several reasons. Firstly, instant community. Secondly, no children (this is a big one for us -- we were worried that if we spent all our time, energy, money, etc, on our new build, and then a young family moved in next to us, we'd have to move). Thirdly, lock & leave -- if we want to go away, it's easy to just go and not have to worry so much about the house - the neighbours are all keeping a close eye on it! Fourthly, we wouldn't spend all our money - we'd have enough left over to buy a motorhome. That was a biggie - instead of committing all our finances (now and future) to a new house build), we'd be able to buy a motorhome immediately. Which we did. Additionally, the Lifestyle Village has parking onsite for recreational vehicles - bonus!
So, here we are. And we're enjoying it. We like our neighbours. We love the location. We totally renovated our house - so we love our house. Our garden is well on it's way to being established. And we have our new motorhome.
We've already been for our first major trip - up to Uluru - which was wonderful and a successful trip. We hope to travel many more kilometres with this vehicle, which we have named the Tar Trekker.
In addition, great news: the Ocrevus treatment is working. My last two MRIs have shown no new lesions on my brain! This is the best news possible. So now we cross our fingers and hope that it continues to work. Unfortunately, existing damage in my brain remains, so I continue to have health issues.
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I'm home alone, with the dog and cat.
::::::::::::::::::::
I just read my previous post and realised that it's been more than a year since I wrote on this blog. Lots of things have happened since then.
We survived living with my IL's for 8.5 months. It was tough, especially through the hottest summer on records, as their house has no air conditioning, however we got through.
Since then, some major stuff happening in our lives.
We sold our land. Yes, it was a difficult decision, but we decided that building a house, a big house, on a big block, was too much work for us. It would have been a big financial commitment, a big time commitment and an enormous physical and mental effort for us. We would have been busy for years setting up the house, the garage/s, the garden, etc. And quite frankly, we need to live for the now, make the most of the now. Because we don't know what's ahead of us.
So we sold our land (sob sob) and bought into a Lifestyle Village. For those of you who don't know (and most people don't) the Lifestyle Village we bought into is for people aged 50+. If you are a couple, at least one of you needs to be retired (ie. me).
Craig talked me into it, and, having been here now for nearly 7 months, I think we made the right choice.
We decided for several reasons. Firstly, instant community. Secondly, no children (this is a big one for us -- we were worried that if we spent all our time, energy, money, etc, on our new build, and then a young family moved in next to us, we'd have to move). Thirdly, lock & leave -- if we want to go away, it's easy to just go and not have to worry so much about the house - the neighbours are all keeping a close eye on it! Fourthly, we wouldn't spend all our money - we'd have enough left over to buy a motorhome. That was a biggie - instead of committing all our finances (now and future) to a new house build), we'd be able to buy a motorhome immediately. Which we did. Additionally, the Lifestyle Village has parking onsite for recreational vehicles - bonus!
So, here we are. And we're enjoying it. We like our neighbours. We love the location. We totally renovated our house - so we love our house. Our garden is well on it's way to being established. And we have our new motorhome.
We've already been for our first major trip - up to Uluru - which was wonderful and a successful trip. We hope to travel many more kilometres with this vehicle, which we have named the Tar Trekker.
In addition, great news: the Ocrevus treatment is working. My last two MRIs have shown no new lesions on my brain! This is the best news possible. So now we cross our fingers and hope that it continues to work. Unfortunately, existing damage in my brain remains, so I continue to have health issues.
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I found this post so I thought I'd post it. It was written about 4 years ago.
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