PTA Graduation Picture 2014
I am starting out this writing with the picture taken at school last week with my lab coat and scrubs on. Yes, I have finally completed all the classwork in the PTA Program! Whoopie!!! I am finally going to be able to do what I've wanted all my life... to work in physical therapy. I have been released to go to my second clinical rotation after a week's break, during which time I will be cleaning house and start studying for the board exam in July. We will be moving to the place we want to call "home" either right after my clinicals end, or after I take the board exam. After that, Steve and I will be sailing into the wild blue yonder, wherever the wind blows us. It will be good to finally be free!
Our sons will be moving with us. Jason has finally landed an entry-level job in his field, and Rhys still has a year of business management classes to finish, but they are the classes that he can take anywhere. So we will finally be on our way to having some fun and a sense of accomplishment in our fields. Heaven knows, we need it. I feel like the worst way to live a life is without purpose. It has taken us a long time, but we finally have that purpose in mind, and have started making strides in that direction.
Some things have to be accomplished in the meantime. First, we have to get the house ready to sell. Then we have to find a buyer. There are a couple of rental companies who buy up houses in this neighborhood, so this house will likely become a rental. No matter. We will be out and that's what matters. The inevitable cleaning out of 30 years of "stuff" will have to be done before we move. I did a lot of that a few years ago, when I organized the attic, shop and gym.
Oh yes... my gym is going with us, as are the rubber floor tiles that cushion my fall. I look forward to having a place to workout that doesn't entail having to brave the elements to get to it. For the past hundred years or so, my gym has been the detached garage in our backyard. We have insulated it, changed out the rotting doors for nice new ones, put down a floor, put in a ceiling, insulated the garage door, and put in a window air conditioner and heating units. It's really a nice area, but it's too small for what I need. I'd like to have a nice open area of mat to practice kata and yoga. It would also be a nice place to meditate. But if we move where there are mountains or lakes, I'll meditate out in the great outdoors. Problem solved.
Will I miss Memphis? Not a bit. I have been ready to leave for a very long time. Now that the stars are aligning in the heavens and the moon is in the 7th house, Jupiter aligns with Mars... no wait... that's a song. But you get where I'm going with this. It's taken a long time to get everything right so we can go. There's a big wide wonderful world out there and it's time for new adventures. Here's to having them!
Nazdrowie'
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