After One Month of House-sitting…

Keoma, remember back in January when you were trying to convince us to house-sit for you? You teased and inserted thoughts about having a garden and access to the mountains. So enticing. Well…you were right! The house is beautiful and more than comfortable. The vegetable garden is wonderful! We planted zucchini, squash, carrots, tomatoes, lettuce, spinach, kale, cucumber, peppers, onion and beets! (I know you said the mice have gotten the beets in the past but we wanted to go for it and see what happens). I love seeing the plants progress! They are looking great. And, the mountains! I love having the mountains so accessible to me. Due to this, I have made a goal to get out to the mountains every week for this summer. So far I am succeeding! So in saying this, we have been house-sitting for a month now. With the routine of work, play, and rest, it has gone by quickly.

But! Dare I say, I have noticed this all too familiar feeling once again inside of me. A yearning, a pull, a desire to be free and on the road once again. Well…I lasted for about a month. There really is nothing quite like being on the road, living day to day, and seeing new places. So, alas, we headed out camping for the weekend to celebrate our one month anniversary, house-sitting! Away from our home, all the people (or lack their of, where are all the people in this neighbourhood), the city, and out into the wilderness. Ahhh, sweet escape. But it sure is nice to come home to this house at the end of day. I wonder if you two have already begun missing your home yet.

renee

This has been such a wonderful adventure so far. It’s hard for me to believe that the first month of 12 is already gone. It is true that time flies when you are having fun.

Everything has been even better than we could have imagined. The neighbourhood is quiet (the small barking dog when we moved in has either moved or gone mute); The neighbours are friendly as we’ve met them on both sides; and the kitchen is amazing. That seems to be where we have been spending most of our time as we both eat about our body weight in meals together each evening.

Sure, there have been some small damages in the place, but hey, that’s normal right? A piece of the lawnmower came off, a toilet seat came unhinged and there are a couple other treasures to speak of but nothing major. Nothing to worry about.

So we did get out after a month, but we are back home now and very much looking forward to the adventures that the next 11 months bring.

Indeed the one month celebration in the mountains was stunning but as Renee mentioned above, it is so lovely to have a comfortable place to come back to.

Tony