Real Life Sucks... compared to vacation!

You know that moment when you get home from vacation and you realize "real life sucks"? It was that thought process that lead us to the winding, unseen path that my family found ourselves on at the current moment. After spending a fantastic, and much needed vacation on the white sand beaches of the Florida coast; that inevitable day came when we were forced to say goodbye to vacation, and hello to the real world once again.

As the last dimming rays of the sun danced across the water, my wife and I quietly looked out across the vast ocean most likely having the exact same thought. "Why does this have to end? Why can't this be our life?". As we stood there watching the sun disappear one last time, we couldn't help but think about the shop owners, and the various people that formed their lives around this area we only got to enjoy a week at a time.  Almost in unison we unfixed our gaze at the waves running along the sand, and made eye contact with each other. "I don't want to go back to normality, "why can't this be our life?" I said first, although I knew she was thinking the same thing. That's how it always goes with us, we are opposites in some ways and yet so connected it is as if we share the same nervous system in others. This was one of those moments when you realize you are tired of dreaming and planning your future, the time had come for action.

I guess this probably is the best time to say that we don't have money. We are as middle class as it gets, actually I would think most people have more money than we do. However, we aren't poor. We are very very blessed, and one thing Callie and I have learned through the years is you can either wait for something to happen or you can make something happen. So for most people having no money, having full time jobs, and raising two teenagers, is more than enough to make anyone believe the future they want will never come. Reality actually tells us it might not come, we could be gone tomorrow, along with our plans and dreams.

These were the hurricane of thoughts running through both of our heads, as that last gleaming light blinked across the horizon. Big things were on that horizon, and Callie and I were done just letting life dictate where we ended up. It was time to do something about it. Little did we know, life had other plans...