We finally left the house, 3 hours or so late, and with a few last minute things to throw away, but.. we got out... and now we are in a holding pattern at an Ibis hotel near Schipol waiting to fly out on Dec 23rd to finally arrive at our new home
It didn't all go to plan, of course not, that would be silly and the last few hours of van rental were a mad rush to get to the dump and clear the decks of stuff I've hoarded for 20-25 years... but its gone... its done..we are reduced to 2 large holdalls, 2 medium cases and 2 carry ones for our trip.. though 3m3 of stuff also went 10 days ago.. Did we dump some wrong things, for sure... but everything is ultimately replaceable so, we have to let it go....the cold never really bothered me anyway.
It didn't all go to plan, of course not, that would be silly and the last few hours of van rental were a mad rush to get to the dump and clear the decks of stuff I've hoarded for 20-25 years... but its gone... its done..we are reduced to 2 large holdalls, 2 medium cases and 2 carry ones for our trip.. though 3m3 of stuff also went 10 days ago.. Did we dump some wrong things, for sure... but everything is ultimately replaceable so, we have to let it go....the cold never really bothered me anyway.
It was hectic, it was stressful and most importantly it was painfully heartbreakingly sad, as I said goodbye to some wonderful friends and collegues and students, most of whom I will never see again, despite the effect of social media. Their presence brightend my life and their absence will be felt so deeply.
But... it has to be done, we have to move forward, make a new home, make new friends, but leave the door very wide open to the old ones who want to come visit and be welcomed to our new life.
The next few days are likely to be a bit boring, Jirawan has done an amazing job of repacking our 7 or 8 bags into the required 6 (I helped buying huge canvas holdalls) and now we can take them to the airport in 3 days and head off reasonabley safe and secure.
Breda, was wonderful, I can't say enough what a wonderful place t was, aside from relatonships causing pain, my time in Breda was nothing short of amazing. And.... it has provided me with the means to make this new chapter possible. The house sale went through smoothly, and we got a little more than we budgeted for to make the new life possible.
Breda, was wonderful, I can't say enough what a wonderful place t was, aside from relatonships causing pain, my time in Breda was nothing short of amazing. And.... it has provided me with the means to make this new chapter possible. The house sale went through smoothly, and we got a little more than we budgeted for to make the new life possible.
We arrive in Chiang Mai, on Christmas eve, and our new life together starts then... its exciting, its scary, and ts also truely wonderful to have the chance to see out my days no longer stressing about commitments to others in order to finance our lifestyle... we get to do what we want, when we want, how we want..
awesome.
awesome.
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