No Regrets! Stuff is ALL GONE!

Auction is over. All the stuff is gone now for over a week. It is a feeling of relief to be free of the burden of having all that stuff. Got some cash for it and that is terrific. Hope somebody else gets some good out of it. Just have a small pile of stuff to sort out and see if I really need it in the 5th wheel. With the going of the stuff a lot of the melancholy feelings attached to letting it go are gone as well. That is a good thing. The house is also gone as we (buyer and seller) decided we could close early. It is starting to sink in that I am finally free. No more yard work, no more real estate taxes, no more huge utility bills, no more home maintenance bills, no more mortgage payments, no more.... Am parked at my dear neighbors' home for the time being while I sort out the small remainders and prepare to head off into the sunset. The dogs kind of go crazy every time we walk past the old homestead and see strange cars and dog in "their" house. But it doesn't seem strange at all to me to see others in the house that was once mine. It is a good thing and I hope they are happy and blessed in that lovely house. The most frequent question I get is where will you go? My answer is always wherever I want to go. That seems to be a strange concept for people to grasp. I guess it was hard for me to grasp, too. It is a thrill to think the dream of being footloose and fancy free is become reality thanks to the Good Lord. He gets the credit for working everything out. I truly could not have done it on my own. The weather is chilly, grey and blustery today. It is so nice to be able to walk the dogs during the daylight hours. Why am I doing this comes to mind. I'm tired of working at a 9-5 job. I just want to paint and see if I can exercise my creative muscles. Maybe the creative juices will begin to flow as my life is less burdened by maintaining all that stuff and begin enjoying life instead. As the RV becomes more and more organized I feel a real sense of satisfaction. What a compact little house it is. I am definitely at home in it. By the way. The Casio piano keyboard is stowed in the rear of the 5th wheel. How much room can a keyboard take up after all?

Tonight's painting is of the Tetons from Jenny Lake.