I have to laugh at myself when I have to go take Addie back home. When I go to get her, I’m always so excited to see her and get her for a few days, the trip seems quick. When I’m taking her home, the trip back without her takes forever! Today I have to take her back and I keep thinking . . we should have moved closer. Then I remember . . I used to be 10 hours from her. I don’t even want to remember those days.
We bought where we did because it’s closer to good medical care, closer to the airport (which I doubt we ever use). We’re where we need to be. Vince is happier here than he would be living in their little town and I’ll always be thankful he agreed to move here.
I’ll just keep my thoughts under control and laugh at myself every time I complain about being so far (45 minutes) from Addie.
Sibyl says
Judy 45 minutes isn’t anything here in Houston–can’t even get across town in that length of time. It is all relevant isn’t it? Just to get downtown from where I live takes a good 30 minutes when there isn’t much traffic. Just to go visit my sister n law who is 13 miles from me takes about 20 minutes again on a good day. When driving home after dropping her off–think of the fun stuff you have done during that time–even if it is just her playing with Boots, or making a hammock out of some of your fabric, or making her diamond pictures. Think on the positive instead of dreading the drive back home. If you want I bet Vince could arrange it that you would have to travel 10 hours again to get her–and it might be over bridges next time. 😀
judy.blog@gmail.com says
Yes, it is all relative and we could have bought a house two blocks from them . . but we didn’t. We all make choices and I am pretty sure we will never live anywhere near a big city. Nothing wrong with it for those who love it but for us, we chose to go where we’d rather be. It’s just that I wanted to be very close to Chad; Vince wanted to be closer to larger hospitals/medical facilities and more amenities and he was right. I’ll always be thankful he moved back here.
Cindy F says
As we age what becomes more important is so different. When we bought this house I wanted to make sure we could live on one floor (single floor with basement) if necessary. I also wanted to be close to medical and not so much land to take care of. My husband wanted to live out in the boonies with acreage but lately he’s come around to my way of thinking. He can be the hermit he wants to be in his shop…lol We think of moving at times but there is no where else we’d want to be except closer to our older son in eastern Washington state. If we had grandchildren I think that pull would be even stronger. But, with our other son getting follow ups after cancer at a cancer center here, it’s hard to think about moving.
Linda in NE says
All my grandchildren lived within 45 min. of us until last July. Sometimes the 45 minutes seemed long but we’re in a very small town, village really, and it’s 25-30 min. to anywhere even a little larger. Now the two youngest grandchildren, they’re 8, and their mom have moved about 3 hrs. away. The last time I saw them was at their b-day party in Sept. Usually we’re together on Thanksgiving but they went to Colorado. Christmas is always together but the the kids some sort of tummy bug, the next week the adults had it and this last weekend they had all come down with Omicron. Guess we’ll wait a couple weeks and see if everyone is well and the weather is good so we can finish our Christmas.
judy.blog@gmail.com says
That’s hard. I hope they’re all better soon. I know you miss getting to see them. Reading your comment makes me realize that moving away before Addie was SO much easier than being able to see her often, then us or them moving away. Don’t even want to think about that!
Wanda says
Judy,
You are really blessed to be only 45 minutes from Addy.
My Addie lives in Toronto and I’m outside of Houston. Her birthday is this Thursday and I would love to be able to see her and her sister. Because of covid and Canada’s restrictions, I haven’t seen the girls since June of 2019
judy.blog@gmail.com says
Yes, I realize I’m so lucky to be this close, especially after having lived 10 hours away. But, next door would be great for me. It’s even worse that your grands live in Toronto. With the virus, it’s bad enough to have to travel anywhere but there, with different country/different rules .. sad. I hope you get to see them soon.