Over the weekend DH and I spent some serious time talking about if we should move to the UK. We both really long for it, and both waver a lot. He's going back in June to see his dad, and will get some ideas about jobs. Small exploratory steps are in order as we start to think more.
But no matter what, I need to set some goals. Today's goal is to clean my home office. It's pure awfulness, filled with leftover tax information, items to sell, lesson plans, and lots of crud. Lots of crud.
Following on the heels of the office cleaning and before our Brit friends arrive on 19 May, I'm going to declutter or sell 10 things a day.
I won't count myself done for the day yet, but the Easter Seals dude has just picked up a bag of clothes, and I evacuated a tub of ricotta with a sell-by date in February. DH never cleans the fridge while I'm gone. Another ancient jar of pickled beets also left the building. Let's say I have seven more to go today.
Please hold me accountable so I don't lapse back into wallowing in NW3 homesickness.
More goals to follow.
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Join up on FB at organized friends. Creditcardfree has done an awesome job of setting up a group - has almost revolutionized my mindset. While things are slowly clearing out, I'm definitely doing things smarter - not harder. And my goals are rather fluid, but have at least materialized!
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CCF, I must have missed that you have a FB group for Organized Friends! I only knew about the blog. FB is something I'm on almost every day, so I won't forget about it.
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EC, how realistic would it be to arrange a exchange between yourself and a British contemporary who would like to live in the USA for two or 3 semesters? We have several colleagues who have arranged exchanges between colleges [ 2 yr program] in Australia and our city. They just accepted the contract of the other but each arranged their own accommodations.
We've taught in China back-tp-back semesters but were merely seconded to the other organization with a temp slotted into our positions. It's pretty easy to rent furnished to an instructor or someone linked to your faculty
April 21st, 2015 at 04:01 am 1429588879
Things will be changing, I'm sorry to say, in the next few years ( if not sooner) because DH's father is failing rather quickly. None of his siblings are up to the task of dealing with the family home when he goes. So I'm very open to lots of changes and taking it as it comes. But I've been in Wisconsin way too many years, and I want out. I know it probably won't happen soon, but we are moving forward on some sort of dual space. If we can swing it, I'll be very pleased.
I'm a cautious soul by nature, but I am so done with Milwaukee. The situation at the university isn't making it any more pleasant. Our dear governor has really steered us into the ditch. While we have friends here, it's never really been home. And we're all ready for an adventure.
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