By the title, you might think that I was an astrophysist or something but nooooo......I just like alliteration and a parsec is very large (parallax of one arcsecond; is a unit of length, equal to just under 31 trillion kilometres or about 19 trillion miles), and I feel like the world is opening up with possibility. Those who are close to me will know that Veve and I have been talking about taking a year long sabbatical starting in December. Well, it turns out that it is going to happen sooner than expected.
Some recent events lead to the decision to give notice at work and start the sabbatical as of June 1st!!
Holy crap - you say. Well, Veve said kinda the same thing! He has been incredibly supportive and has handled the huge life change with great aplomb.
Veve says I always have to do something that makes me committ to a project (like the time I casually reached over, grabbed a small piece of loose wallpaper and pulled upward so it took a huge chunk off-now we had to remove the wallpaper in the entire room) but this is a little insane. There were a couple of days of me saying to myself "Good God girl...what the #%&%&% have you done!" but that is over and I am only looking ahead and seeing all the possibilities of the adventures we can have.
So here we are, trying to get organized to rent out the house, find a home for the cats and plan a sabbatical we thought we had about 9 months to plan. All this in 2.5 months. So, tomorrow, I am going to start the project of painting the downstairs bathroom cupboard (oh so 70s right now).
The idea is to keep this blog as we move towards leaving on sabbatical and while we are away so everyone can keep up to date with our escapades.
I hope you will join us on our adventures.
Looks good, Mitzi. I'm eager to read of your adventures starting with if you're able to find someone to look after the cats (I've asked around but no luck, yet), how the painting turns out and if the remainder of the house survives the distracted mind.
ReplyDeleteHere's wishing you all the best
Looking forward to the continuing sagas within the sabbatical adventures of Mitzi and Michel!
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I am a wiz with a paintbrush (or roller) and would love to help however I can with your home preparations, so just let know what I can do...
I also have the word out to friends and family in the hopes of finding a good home for Salome and Ophelia, with fingers, toes and eyes all crossed for you (and the girls)!