Cathy and I are very blessed and fortunate to have great jobs, as frustrating as they sometimes are, and the ability to work toward a common goal. Since we've purchased our vacation/retirement home, we've become laser focused on paying it off and planning our future. We don't take vacations, nor do we go out; we enjoy our time together and know we have a plan, and that makes us both feel good.
Do we think about sitting on a beach and just taking it easy after stressful days, weeks and months at work? Of course we do. We both long for some downtime and an escape from reality, but we keep plodding along hoping to finally realize our dream.
I would thoroughly enjoy some time on my bike, listening to the engine and loud pipes screaming along some back country highway. Sights and smells of America are always on my mind but just a little out of reach for the moment.
Cathy would like to hang out on a sandy beach or by a pool with little to do, with little on her constantly occupied mind, just the sound of the ocean and wind. I know she gets weary of being the constant caretaker and needs a break, but onward we march.
Now, I certainly don't want to paint a picture that we are sacrificing anything. Sacrificing means giving up necessities--at least in my mind it does--we are only postponing those things we want to do so we can have the things we desire. So, neither of us are looking for sympathy, I'm simply expressing that we are fortunate and we understand that.
So, when that day finally comes....when we have that deed in our hands and I'm no longer enslaved to a bank, don't look for us, we'll be traveling and having fun. And that is why we remain focused on our common goal.
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