6 weeks until moving day!

 I think having socialized the idea with myself...I'm getting used to the idea of moving in mid-August.

Which makes it 6 weeks from now!!!

Yikes!

I was right to try to capitalize on the back to school train! I feel like everything I'm doing now is prepping for back to school.

Getting doctor's appointments out of the way. Trying to get some relaxing time, summer reading (aka work), and some social activities in.

Now that there's a bit of a timeline, it feels more real and also a bit more exciting!

I also just love looking at my balance sheet.

I got one work task done this week so that also feels good.

And I think the next work task can be done by mid-week.

Which if nothing else lands on my plate, means my week on site can be focused on the workshop.

There is some uncertainty with whether I get bumped or not. I might just let the company know that I'll be out of town, so they'll need to adjust their available dates. 

Still suffering from insomnia and heartburn. It feels 100% due to my new medication. I messaged the doctor about the heartburn and he recommended pepcid. So instead of putting up a fight, I'm just going to try it. I'm in go-mode. No time for hemming and hawing. I just have to decide... do I just rely on that or do I still need to take the pills with a full meal. You have to take pepcid with a full glass of water. Which is making me feel bloated just thinking about it. 

I also want to try just taking the pill with a full glass of water and food, to see if that helps.

I was going to try to leave around noon to stop at Trader Joe's first, so that I can come straight home after physical therapy. But I'm still in bed. 

Friends, I can't believe I'm going to be moving in 6 weeks!!! Whoaaaaaaaaaa! It's really happening!

I love, love catching up on my finances yesterday. I have some financial confidence if my spending is a little inflated the rest of the year because I already met my reach savings goal. Yay! It all helps!

It's like this life is a concert of decisions. Each little move can create a beautiful piece of music. Or not.

So I'm excited about my snacks. And TV shows. And I found some nature events on Meetup that I might attend. So that will definitely help pass the time.

The other thing I was thinking about last night is...

My International Trip in December. 

I decided I definitely want to go, and just need to wrap my mind around spending 3500 with ease. 

But what I'm undecided on is if I want to do a month long short term rental in Warm City. That effects where I book my International Trip from. 

The plan to spend December in Warm City was hatched when I was still feeling low and living in Pandemic House.  Part of it was to break up the monotony and spend a ton of time away from home. And...be somewhere warm.

But with the adventure of New Town, I don't know that spending a ton of time away from home is as much of a priority because I will have just moved. I will still want to be warm, but International Trip sort of ticks off that portion a bit. Other elements were to be somewhere else for the holidays, so I wasn't stuck in Sad House. But again will being in Newtown be enough? 

We shall see. I'll need to put a reminder to book my tickets in September, that's at least 3 months notice.

I do still want to take that full month of December off from work though. Plus the extra week in January for funsies.

Taking two week long trips in December sounds tiring though. That was the alternative to spending the month of December in Warm City. 

So yeah, I still need to mull that over. 

As I'm reading this over... it occurred to me...what exactly is the issue of planning to be in Warm City - what I'll have too much fun?! Heaven forfend, I have toooo much fun! How crazy a thought. Ok, well that was easy. So here I was trying to ration fun... what a weird thought. Is this scarcity mindset. I think the cost was probably one thing... but also... Warm City felt like a salve for something...and I wasn't sure I would be 'sick' enough to need it. But also...time in Warm City could also just be really fun!