It has been a very busy last two weeks! It is almost like I’m back to work again with juggling many items at the same time while facing looming deadlines. Yes it does but it is also different.
You may remember that we are here on the Space Coast of Florida to help Mom selling her home and most possessions and then move her into an independent living facility near Indianapolis by my brother Kevin. Things are moving along well toward this goal.
The home has a buyer and a sale pending. We did this one as a for sale by owner similar to our own home back in Virginia. Mom’s home also sold within the first few days on the market mainly because it is on the waterfront canal system and there are very few waterfront homes on the market. Great timing.
We also held a moving sale this last Saturday and sold about half of the extremely full garage of stuff. The rest goes to a local charity. It is strange that all the things do have some memories attached from my parents 25 years in their retirement home. But it is all just stuff. Things that really do not matter.
We did take a little time off this last Friday to watch the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch. This was a mission to resupply the international space station. It was a flawless launch that included landing the rocket’s first stage back at the launch site. To me that was an incredible sight. The rocket actually descended back through the skies riding on top of a bright flame.
The booster was traveling at many times the speed of sound and slowed to a crawl at the point of landing. Amazing. There was also a double sonic boom heard just after it landed that shook the ground. We watched it from Jetty Park that is just a few miles from the launch center at Cape Canaveral. The photos do not really do it justice.
On Sunday, Pat and I attended our Merritt Island church and afterwards walked around the historic Cocoa district. This is an old downtown that has been nicely updated and has many small shops, restaurants and the like. We took this Sunday as a day of rest and are right back at work today with many things on the agenda.
My brother in law, Robert, did retire last Friday as he planned and drove the 800 miles to his new Colorado mountain home on Sunday. A major transition! Well done and congratulations again!
Have a great day and God Bless.
Looks like a great time in Florida. Will be good to get the work there completed and be ready for the next loop to see the country.
Wow Pat and Randy! You are an awesome daughter-in-law and son to take on “transition team” leadership. It is hard for the person having to let go and equally hard on those helping them! Great job on another real estate sale.
We are happy that we have the opportunity to be here to help out. The timing of my retirement and being very mobile all worked out in this case. Thanks for the note!