...what am i hearing? Nothing but the sounds coming from my stereo; and I have nothing but time on my hands. I have literally been going non-stop since August. It feels good to have nowhere to be. I left for DC and spent a week there, then worked almost every day for a week, then packed up to drive to Indiana. We were there a week and then drove to E-City-then to Rutherfordton-then back to E-city-then back to Rutherfordton, then to Orlando...and finally after 30 days I'm home. This down time will be short lived because we have less than a month to be out of our apartment. My trip ended up being a series of projects. While in Indiana, the most relaxing part of the trip, I had a bicycle accident and flipped over the handle bars into a huge patch of poison ivy. I severly hurt my back and still have yet to get an x-ray but thinking i may have to since the pain is still there 3 weeks later. I got poison ivy as well. Joy to the world. Then I had to sit on my itchy ass for 15 hours while we drove to NC. Not exactly a great ride. Once in NC it was party mode for the upcoming wedding. The bachlorette party was interesting...i have photos I'm not allowed to post. We had a week till the wedding to I went to Rutherfordton and helped Kristen and Aaron with their huge project. Cleaning a hoarding house. It was the most mind blowing thing to walk into a house that was completely full of stuff piled to the ceiling and only paths that go from room to room. This project was something I just wanted to tackle. We worked for hours and got a lot done. Then I had to go back to e-City for the Josh and Loreli's wedding....UGH! What a horrible idea, why did I ever agree to be the photographer. I initially had said that I didn't want to be the photographer when he first asked me, but Josh got the best of me by begging...and I finally agreed to do it. Long Story...a separate blog for that story. Anyways wedding over..thank God! Then I get sick not to mention I still have poison ivy this entire time. I stayed in the bed at moms house for 3 days and then ended up on the road home....following Kristen and Aaron. I was supposed to stay in Orlando with them until the 9th, but that fell through because of some unfortunate circumstances. Granted, there were many good times on this trip but I feel like if it weren't for bad luck on this trip I wouldn't have had any at all. I did get to meet my sister-in-law Shawna and her husband and their two kids in Indiana. It's nice to finally have met most of my nieces and nephews. I still have 3 more to meet at some point.
However, being in E-City at the Pelican Marina again sparked something in us. We remembered how fun it was to live at a marina. It's such a laid back way of life, and the people around you are so positive and fun. I miss that atmosphere. We both decided we wanted to move to a boat when we got back. We live in Florida, why not live on the water. We have found a boat already that is perfect. It needs some TLC but it will be the perfect fit for our little family. We will be able to bring a few pieces of furniture on it with us, but most of our stuff we will be in storage. In this economy it helps to cut costs where you can....this move will be a huge help when it comes to saving money. I'm so excited.
However, being in E-City at the Pelican Marina again sparked something in us. We remembered how fun it was to live at a marina. It's such a laid back way of life, and the people around you are so positive and fun. I miss that atmosphere. We both decided we wanted to move to a boat when we got back. We live in Florida, why not live on the water. We have found a boat already that is perfect. It needs some TLC but it will be the perfect fit for our little family. We will be able to bring a few pieces of furniture on it with us, but most of our stuff we will be in storage. In this economy it helps to cut costs where you can....this move will be a huge help when it comes to saving money. I'm so excited.
I fell in love with the countryside in Indiana. There were miles and miles of rolling farm land and beautiful tree covered hills. The farms were so beautiful out there. It's old country, it feels like time moves slower up there. There are no big lights or buildings, you can see all the stars at night. The caves are awesome, there are definitely a lot of beautiful places to explore. We were there just as the leaves were starting to change...if only I had been there a couple weeks later. That would have been spectacular. I started looking at the real estate magazines while I was there and realized how cheap it was to live there! I made up my mind that I will own some land up there in the next couple years and then I want to build a log cabin on the land in the future. I'm already getting the design drawn out, it's fun to actually design my vacation home! We are going to build a barn first, it will have a guest house above it. We will stay there while the cabin in under construction. Our timber will be cut off our land and then taken to a saw mill to be cut; once the boards are cut we will store them in the lower half of the barn to dry. Once dry we will treat the wood and then begin building over the basement. It's just a vision now, but it's on it's way to becoming a reality! I'm very excited about this.
All in all things are going well. It feels good to be moving onto a boat. I'm rather bummed out that I'm not going to be able to spend any time with Kristen in Orlando, but that life. Can't always get what you want. I'm probably going to pick up some shitfs this week since I have nothing else to do. Then again we have to find a marina....I think we will end up at Maderia Beach Marina. I'll update later!
