Just Weird

I think we are just weird, and I’m totally ok with that if it’s true.

I have had many different reactions when I tell people what we are doing. Most say it sounds very exciting, but others look at me like we are crazy or as if we are going to ruin our kids chances at a normal life. As if somehow missing going back to the same school with the same kids is going to make it so hard for them to adjust to school life once we land somewhere.

To be real, I have had doubts about our plans, and have wondered how the kids will adjust to a new town or school. I also have concern about them making friends along the way. In the end, I realize that seeing the world, and meeting new people will actually make them more prepared for what real life will be like for them when they get older. I also think back to our other travels and remember that they managed to find kids to hang out with at stops we made, and learned to accept others who were different because we went to places where the kids were in fact different than them.

The other part that people often don’t understand is the money side of the house. My husband can attest that I have run the numbers about a million times. No one stresses more about money than I do. So, yes, we have a good grasp on how this will work financially for a year. The biggest part of how it works was getting rid of the fat. We had collected so much stuff in 8 years that we basically worked to pay for it all. We sold the four wheelers, the side by side, the snowmachines, the toy trailer, all of our furniture, our house, my SUV, and our other camper. Granted we kept our truck and picked a different, more suitable camper to live in, but we still managed to cut our bills by sixty percent. Once we realized that all of those things were sucking us dry, and feeding the need to be workaholics, it was super easy to let it go.

That’s the other subject, work. How in the world can we both give up such great careers? Because those careers didn’t care if we got to spend quality time with our kids before they are too old to care to. Enough said.

Now don’t think we are crazy because we got rid of it all, we do still own a smaller stick built home that eventually we could move into if the need arises, but we also have our home on wheels which is quite comfy (and completely furnished to boot). And, as far as work goes, we both have marketable skills, so when the time comes to settle down again, we will find work that works for us.

~Shawnda