Counting Down
By Morley Hunt
@Morleyhunt (21737)
Canada
January 19, 2018 4:30am CST
My personal countdown is at 16 days. My husbands countdown is a bit higher....his stands at 116 days.
In just over two weeks, I will be loading the van and driving to our new home.
Each morning when I awaken, I check the 14 day forecast (I'm not sure why? Yesterday's forecast certainly wasn't correct!) to see what the weather trends I might experience enroute.
The drive will be long....1700 kilometres. (1055 miles). Hopefully the weather cooperates and we can make the trip in two stages. An impending winter storm could delay our departure or interrupt the long drive.
My youngest daughter will be accompanying me (shared driving) and in gratitude I'm paying for her flight home a few days later.
Mentally I have packed and repacked the van. In two weeks we will find out what will actually fit in the space available, while leaving me clear sight lines. (I want to be able to see clearly when I'm driving....behind...beside and of course...in front
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Have you ever counted down to an exciting change in your life?
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Have you ever counted down to an exciting change in your life?16 people like this
18 responses
@rebelann (111164)
• El Paso, Texas
19 Jan 18
Yep, but that was 21 years ago when I bought this land and had to wait for the septic, water line and electric pole to be set up so I could put my mobile home here. The biggest problem I had was that I worked and couldn't get time off to attend to business but eventually it all worked out. The hardest part was waiting to get enough money to have the fence put around my land so the pups could run freely.
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@rebelann (111164)
• El Paso, Texas
19 Jan 18
Yes, @Morleyhunt mostly it was worthwhile but I still wish I could have afforded a place in a different region of this county.
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@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
19 Jan 18
I'll bet it was all worthwhile, looking back.
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@Juliaacv (48420)
• Canada
19 Jan 18
I'm glad to hear that your daughter is going out with you. I was worried as that is such a long drive for anyone to make alone. I'm sure that you'll have fun together along the way.
A year ago we had accepted an offer on our home and my husband had begun a new job in another city and I stayed back to pack up the house. He came home on the weekends and was always amazed by the progress that I had made in putting a dent into the packing. We counted down the weeks and then the days. Down-sizing is such an exciting time in our lives.
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@Juliaacv (48420)
• Canada
19 Jan 18
@Morleyhunt I donated loads of stuff also, everything from our Christmas tree down to kitchen glasses. Its amazing how we accumulate "stuff" that we really do not need and certainly don't want to pack or move.
We rented a pod and had it delivered to our driveway for a couple of weeks so that my husband and son could load the heavy furniture and his tools into it. It met us at our new location and my husband and I had movers come to haul the heavy stuff into the house for us. We did the light stuff, we only employed them for a couple of hours.
That last week at home we really "cleaned house" so to speak. We took our headboard, mattress and box springs to the dump. They were not worth moving. And the last of the items we had listed on kijiji were picked up. We slept on the floor on an air mattress for that last week and sat on folding lawnchairs. It was humble, but it was so worth it.
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@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
19 Jan 18
I loaded three bags for donation into the van this morning! Progress! Later today a legitimate moving company is coming to provide an estimate on what it will cost to have someone else do the heavy work.
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@shaggin (71666)
• United States
19 Jan 18
With you doing where it will be warmer I would be coming down the days right down to the minute That's so nice your daughter is riding with you and then you are paying for her flight back!
That's so nice your daughter is riding with you and then you are paying for her flight back!@shaggin (71666)
• United States
20 Jan 18
@Morleyhunt Oh I was thinking you were going to Florida
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@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
20 Jan 18
I don't think it will be warmer. The weather at our new home is comparable to what we experience here.
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@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
20 Jan 18
@shaggin no...not Florida....we are moving from Ontario to New Brunswick.
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@cttolledo (5460)
• Legaspi, Philippines
19 Jan 18
Hoping for a good weather on that day. Meaning you bought a new house?
@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
19 Jan 18
We bought a house. I will be there for almost two months...then returning to our current home to pack up everything and then when hubby retires (116 days) we will travel out together, but apart. (2 vehicles).
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@cttolledo (5460)
• Legaspi, Philippines
19 Jan 18
@Morleyhunt sounds exciting a lot of happening ahead of you.. That's so exciting that your hubby is retiring , meaning you'll be together more often.
@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
20 Jan 18
@cttolledo we see a lot of each other now...but we will be able to go out together once he retires. Now we mostly just see each other at home.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
19 Jan 18
Wow, you are moving a long way!! I think I am going to have to read back to find out more.
@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
20 Jan 18
I've been writing about it for a while. We are moving from Ontario to New Brunswick.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
20 Jan 18
@Morleyhunt I do love New Brunswick we have visited a couple of times. I am sure you will be very happy in your retirement there. I knew you were moving but I had missed that it was so far away.
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@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
20 Jan 18
@BelleStarr it's going to be an adventure.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
19 Jan 18
When I worked, I counted down the days until vacation.
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@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
19 Jan 18
I remember calculating the minutes before I could leave on a major trip.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
20 Jan 18
It seems we measure our lives with long and short count downs. I have had a few. I am counting to the end of the year now. I am counting to be old enough for medicare as well. Sooner than that I am counting down to a trip to visit our daughter, around six hundred miles away. Our hearts keep beating, our minds keep on making lists, etc. and we keep on counting down. Or looking forward.
@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
20 Jan 18
Always list. Mental lists and then the many that I write down. Goals...deadlines...
@dodo19 (47053)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
20 Jan 18
@Morleyhunt That's for sure. It's nice when we have things to look forward to.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16534)
• China
23 Jan 18
Wow! the place you will move to is so far away from your present house.Small wonder you are counting down the days.Hope all will go well !
@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
20 Jan 18
Some people never seem to move. Most of my siblings have rarely moved...my husband and I have packed up, too often.
@just4him (306137)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
19 Jan 18
Yes, I have. I hope the weather is good throughout the trip to your new home.
@just4him (306137)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
20 Jan 18
@Morleyhunt God's hands are the best place to put it.
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@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
19 Jan 18
That is my biggest worry at the moment. I have no control..so I'm leaving it in Gods hands. If the weatherman says wait a day...I will.
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@JudyEv (325759)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Jan 18
Vince counted down his retirement day and had it coming up on his computer first thing each morning. You might have told us but are you staying in Canada?
@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
20 Jan 18
Yes we are staying in Canada...just moving a lot farther east.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
20 Jan 18
when i am in my duty, i usually count how many hours are i and my students stand while attending to the patients, and usually, we must have our dinner at 6:15PM so they and i can sit down.
@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
20 Jan 18
I would do that when it was very busy at work. One time...I had customers until an hour after the store closed. I told hubby...we are going out for dinner.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
24 Jan 18
@Morleyhunt my students stand beside their patients' bed in their entire duty hours, except when we have our meals. i too, stand with them. even in the medical ward, i do not sit as well.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
20 Jan 18
Yes I have and I know the days will pass faster and faster.
@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
20 Jan 18
Time is suddenly beginning to move very quickly. I have a lot to do in the next 15 days.
@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
19 Jan 18
It will be a total change. A new adventure. It does make me feel like a child.
@Marilynda1225 (79708)
• United States
19 Jan 18
My biggest change was moving from New York to Pennsylvania almost 8 years ago. It was a bit scary to relocate in a place I wasn't familiar with but it turned out to be the best decision.
I'm hoping you are happy with your new place and it's nice that your daughter will share the driving and that you won't be making that long trip by yourself.
@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
19 Jan 18
It is a blessing to have her join me for the long drive out. Coming back by myself won't be as bad. By the end of March winter should be mostly behind us.
@rina110383 (24495)
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19 Jan 18
Every time I work online for my remote clients, I love counting the hours I bill. My target is 112 hours/week for 3 remote clients.
@Montecristodog (787)
• United States
19 Jan 18
Yes, when I go to Florida especially during the winter months.
@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
19 Jan 18
That is something to look forward to. This year I hear it isn't all that warm in. Florida.
