Hi. It's me. Been a while.
A lot has happened and, also, hasn't. I mean, things are really pretty much the same. I work. I sleep (often badly). I work again. The house selling process is in a quiet phase as we wait for the buyers to get more information. Feels like a case of "hurry up and wait". I went back to the office in person to see some clients last weekend and that was great- so I'll keep doing that for now.
I've been talking with a real estate agent in the Wilmington area. We're planning to meet up with her when we go down to NC in a few weeks (after we visit the kids). We're excited to be at that place- it's still early, but we're at least taking some next steps. There are some model homes for new developments we're hoping to see. New construction might be nice.
We've also started to branch out with telling local friends. We had some good friends over for dinner to celebrate our birthdays (oh, right, we had birthdays) and shared the news. It definitely feels like it's coming when we're having those conversations.
I've started to think about next steps in prepping to leave my job. It's feeling like it's time to start talking about it. So, after spring break, I'm going to start telling people.
All of this makes it feel like it's right around the corner. And at the same time, it feels like it's still so far away.
I'm grinding my teeth a lot. My hygienist and therapist both guess it's stress related. I'm sure it is. I'm going to try a mouth guard to see if that helps. My hygienist said she thinks it will miraculously go away in June. I'm hoping she's right. I also hope I have teeth left and not just little nubs by the time we actually get to NC.
I'm hoping that soon I'll have a lot more to say besides "still here, still waiting for the next chapter to start".