Happy New Year, friends! We hope you had an enjoyable holiday season and are ready for an adventure-filled 2024 wherever that may take you! We are so excited to not have to say "when we travel next year" because our Middle States trip is THIS YEAR!
We have some things to get through before we go. First of all, DH has surgery next week with recovery predicted at 4-6 weeks before he can have full activity. And then there will be some lingering issues we'll have to navigate around, but we're preparing for how to best accommodate those needs. Thankfully he is in overall good general health so we expect things to go well, but we do appreciate any prayers offered on his behalf.
And then there's the business of getting me actually retired! I've been #practicingretirement for most of the last year, but now we're down to the wire where I have to actually get things ready to hand off tasks at work and make sure all my paperwork has the i's dotted and the t's crossed and the right signatures in the right spaces. And oh yeah, let's not forget getting the post-retirement health insurance squared away.
We had a bit of a practice run in December as we spent the month at St. George Island, so we had to handle logistics of taking care of business remotely - things like making sure the bills are paid, mail is handled (although I don't know why we bothered to try to have the mail held as it didn't work this time - ggrrr), and staying in touch with family and friends. We also had a couple of there-and-back-in-a-day trips for DH's pre-surgical visits which confirmed that we have made the right decision to not try to go too many miles in any one given day.
So while we're ticking off the days until we can start actively preparing to go, keep me distracted by sharing what your travel plans are for 2024!
~ Cindy D.
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