Coming to you from an exotic location

Tweet

Hi all! I have a lot of catch up posts to do, but first I thought I would tell you about the place where I'm at now. It's exotic or at least it seems that way to me. You might be wondering - am I looking out my window and seeing palm trees and beach, snow capped mountains, or perhaps am I listening to Koto playing softly in the background as I gaze out at reflecting ponds with goldfish and Japanese pagodas. Well. Turns out my window looks out at a parking lot, and beyond that a general store and a highway. The room I'm sitting in isn't a fancy hotel (or pagoda) but instead is my own apartment. It's been 3 years that I spend the majority of my time - not here but instead with my mom at her home. I love my mom dearly and decluttering from my dad takes a lot of time. However sometimes I grow... impatient at best. It is hard at times spending the majority of my time away from the most of my things. If I'm not there things have a tendency to not get done. It's ok, I don't blame my mom. She shouldn't be doing lots of lifting and such. Sometimes when I am there not much gets done - other than work, making meals, cleaning the kitchen, laundry, house chores, etc. Sometimes all those things are enough and we don't even get to the excess. Some of it I need her to sort. What stuff do you want to keep? What stuff is sell? what stuff is donate? What stuff is throw? What is my ultimate goal? I don't know. The current talk is after downsizing - moving into an actual duplex. Entirely separate dwellings, but together. We love each other and get along famously but I still enjoy things like having my OWN kitchen. my OWN entry way and entrance/exit. At 40 I've given up on a lot of things that other folks get to have, but I don't think wanting my OWN place is asking a lot. So all I know, is that work has to keep getting done and I'm turning a downsizing eye to my belongings too Wheew. So tired though. My photo: My living room