Usually, it feels like everything is running in “fast forward”, but just lately it’s more like life is in limbo.
Regular readers will know that we are in the midst of a new challenge: the hubster took a redundancy in July, after 20 years in the same organisation.
Since then, he’s been working full time in a temporary position. The good news is, he’s really enjoying it and has settled in well. The bad news is, it’s only temporary … we’re waiting and hoping and praying that it becomes permanent. Or at least that he lands another permanent position quickly, should the temporary work dry up.
As a result, life is in limbo. We are basically living day to day, without working towards any long-term plans.
After our wonderful trip to Europe earlier this year, we are keen to head overseas again – perhaps for my 50th in eighteen months’ time (eek!) – most likely to the USA and/or Canada this time. But any real planning remains on hold while the hubster’s job situation is so uncertain.
We have been giving some serious thought to selling our home and buying something more suited to our needs.
But again, we can’t really do much about it at the moment. For a start, the bank isn’t likely to lend us money until my man has permanent employment again; and secondly, we would like to move somewhere close to his new workplace – wherever that might be! Who knows, perhaps we could shift to another town or even state depending on where the work is. We’ve always had a yen to move to a cooler climate, and now that I feel the heat more than ever, it seems like a jolly good idea!
Mind you, I don’t know if Mr 21 and Miss 18 would even want to come with us – especially now Miss 18 has moved out of home and has a job and a boyfriend – pretty powerful motivation for her to stay put, I’m sure you’ll agree. (And I don’t know if I’m ready to live away from my kids anyway!)
So for the moment we will continue to plod on day to day, trying to be patient, just waiting to see what pans out … did I mention I don’t *do* patient very well 😉 ?
Of course there are heaps of people doing it much tougher than we are, you just have to turn on the news to realise that, so I feel a tad guilty complaining – but it doesn’t alter the fact that I find limbo a bit of a challenging place to be …
Where’s your life at right now – in limbo, fast forward, or something else entirely?!