Now Is The Time To Retire!!

On Labor Day Weekend, 2017, when I saw that the condo directly across from my 95 year old mother was for rent; I knew it was the right time to retire to care for her the rest of her life. Our house selling in less than a month, my school hiring my replacement, my colleagues wishing me well; all were indications that my husband Paul and I were following the right path.

So beginning on December 1st I had 7 weeks to pack up a 4 bedroom colonial to downsize to a 2 bedroom condo. We sold much of our furniture, donated, recycled or trashed hundreds of boxes; and fit everything in our new home except for what we stored in a 10′ cube storage unit. I accomplished my goal of emptying it before my Sint Maarten vacation and I’m now down to 100 boxes fairly neatly stacked in the garage.