I've been a widow for almost 3 years now and am happy to say I have been moving on. It's been 3 years since the hip replacement and it works great but the back just kills me at times. Life is good but change is in the future. My son is opening an office in Austin and house hunting there so I will be headed there sometime in this year. I'm looking at apartments for 55+ as I don't need the food service or the housekeeping...just need the socialization of being around people. I grew up in Austin but don't have any friends left there. My college roommate had the nerve to die last year...damn!
I had a powerful dream the other night. I was at a high school reunion in a deep conversation with a classmate that grew up in the same neighborhood as me. He's a cardiologist and shared that he has cancer in late stages. The dream was so real I woke up filled with angst that it might be true. I think I must have more anxiety over this potential move than I don't want to acknowledge.
I toured with son and DIL last week a 55+ community on the northeast side of Austin. It is lovely and right across the street from an HEB but a long way from the neighborhood that the family is hoping to land. It needs to be close to the airport as my son travels all the time. We will keep looking. I can see in the future when I no longer drive that I will be more and more dependent on them and need to be closer so we will keep looking.
Austin real estate is so high that I will have to go into something much smaller than what I have now...I don't need a second bath so a one bedroom plus study is perfect but I will need additional storage for holiday décor and suitcases, etc. What to do with art work? It's like getting rid of my children in a way...such a big part of me....drawings, paintings, photographs, etc. It was so much fun visiting the Austin condo last week and seeing so much of my art on the walls...like my own little gallery.
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