It has been a whirlwind of a few months. Last I entered we were returning to Phoenix after a magnificent trip riding and exploring the South, East and some of the Northern US. We returned home to everything in the house in fine shape. Then IBM changed the policy that no more telecommuting from outside of your "home of record." Meaning I could not work on the road anymore! The travel was done for a bit which we will get to in a moment.
We have a huge, okay not huge but a very long truck 1 ton diesel to pull the fifth wheel to and fro. It measures over 23 feet. Come to find out our community HOA by laws have a stipulation that restricts trucks that long and tonnage. To make a long drawn out story short...we are moving.
So to keep you up to date...I can not travel, and I can not park my new truck in the community without risk of fines. Are you starting to feel the whirlwind coming on yet? Then the next storm in our lives...the biggest blessing!
IBM decided to outsourced my team and our work to China. That means we are all let go. I have been around along enough to retire, so it was great. I was given a great package for the early retirement including, full bennies for a year, half of year of pay, retooling pay, all kinds of additional things. I was going to retire soon anyway this way it just came with a silver lining.
For the house and HOA situation, I will not bore you with all the issue of "buying a short sale." other then saying DON'T DO IT! We have been working this deal for over four months. We have been told at least six times today is the day you will hear "It is yours." The first time was about 30 days after we first put down our earnest deposit four months ago. We finally heard "it is ours" last week.
Sooooooooo...As of July 1, I am retired. Hopefully by July 10th we will have closed on the new house where we can park the truck where we want and travel when we want....LifeXL will be on again.
