Our seemingly carefree adventurous spirit isn't as easy as it seems. Behind closed doors, in the safety of our cape home, we have a constant struggle with revisiting decisions we are making and keeping our priorities in check.
It's taken some time to decide which path to take and we are boldly stepping forward with renting closer to our parents. We are closing on our house on December 15th and after spending the holidays with extend family, we have decided to rent a house for the month of January in Connecticut near my husband's Mom and then for one month in February near my parents in NJ/PA area. The primary purpose is to check out the area for school systems, job opportunities, and simply see what it's like to live closer to family again. I've lived away from home for over 15 years now and at this point I basically consider myself a Boston Irish girl. Since we don't know what it's like to raise up a family close to relatives, it's time to see if we can better balance our support system.
After those two short months, we will continue to rent but we are still going to leave March flexible at this point. Maybe by then we'll decide we love a particular area enough to look for a new home to purchase come next summer. Hopefully the Luck o' the Irish will strike us by St. Patrick's Day!