Well, 2020 hasn’t disappointed yet.

• 1/1/20 Happy New Year!
• 1/5/20 Mom arrives after six-hour delay out of Traverse City.
• 1/6/20 Learn we have an accepted offer on a new home in Plantation Oaks.
• 1/10/20 Phone interview for new transcription job.
• 1/11/20 Notified that my condo tenant committed suicide and now prepping condo for sale.
• 1/13/20 Job offer with Allegis Transcription.
• 1/15/20 Start date with Allegis coach x three days (keeping in mind said coach and entire Allegis support team is on Pacific Standard Time).
• 1/20/20 Released from coaching and offered remote transcription position as independent contractor, minimum 100 pages per week.
• 1/20/20 House closing.
• 1/22/20 Let’s move NOW – First night in new home.
• 1/23/20 Making earnest attempt to get required pages in while moving and unpacking.
• 1/26/20 Small birthday celebration at new home for friend.
• 1/31/20 Brian and Laurie stop by on their way north.
• 2/8/20 Pretty settled in now. Up at 6:30 and working till 10:00, finally able to breathe.

And so now it’s time to relax a bit, enjoy our new home knowing it’s our last move. I relish having my 93-year-old mother here for the winter and take great pleasure in watching her with her great-granddaughters. She sleeps late, plays computer bridge, does crossword puzzles and reads Danielle Steele to her heart’s content. We’re on the second go-round with the entire Downton Abbey series (thank you, David). I know this time is precious, and I want to be present for all of it.