And so it begins (Lindsay)

And here it is.  After four years of daydreams, quiet reflection and aggressive money saving, it has arrived.  It, of course, refers to our fantasy of leaving it all behind to seek out a more simplified life.  One without jobs, mortgages, car payments or regular bathing.  In time we will each describe how we came to this moment (both theoretically and financially) but for now, let's relish in the simple moments of this Monday.  The random snapping turtle helping us pack the truck camper, the vomiting dog and the start of this day as it always should be: running on a trail.  A trail I've run hundreds of times and one I will miss dearly.  But alas, that is the point.  To leave it behind - and you can't leave the stressful and tedious without simultaneously leaving the sentimental - to find new moments and memories.

Today I am grateful for a Monday that didn't start a work week and to share what will inevitably be a life-changing journey with my beloved and...my boyfriend.

“There is no moment of delight in any pilgrimage like the beginning of it.” 

Charles Dudley Warner