Who said it was going to be easy?

When we put our house for sale we knew we wanted to get out of Pierrefonds. We were so ready for a change, a big change. We’ve been trying for overseas for years, but to no avail. Maybe we are meant to stay here and take care of his parents, at least until the dreaded day. So, now that our house is sold we are shifting our energy and focus on moving downtown.

Saturday we met with the builder and then went shopping for some appliances. Since we left our dishwasher as an “inclusion” when we sold our house, we knew we had to get a new one as well as a hood fan. On the architect’s plan the washer and dryer are stackable. The ones we own aren’t, so we thought we’d look for that as well. Long story short, we went to a few stores and splurged. We got brand new appliances for the kitchen as well as stackable washer & dryer.

When we walked out of the store I felt odd. Yes it was/is a lot of money we just spent, but it was something else, like this little voice deep down triggering something. I’m not sure it is doubt; I don’t quite know how to express it either. We are both the type of people who, when we make a decision, try to make it as wisely as possible then forget it, because the moment of absolute certainty never comes. Hubby is better at this than I am. I know that nothing is permanent; life has shown me that on more than one occasion. I’ve been living here since 1994. What was Hubby’s first house became our home, our refuge. I love our house, I’m comfortable here, and it’s roomy. I just finished packing some boxes (we have way too many books, but let's not get into that), and can’t help to feel a little overwhelmed.

The idea of moving is exciting; the thought of living in a new house as well. But this move that we’re about to make is so against the general trend… Everyone who moves, at this stage in their life, go for bigger, for having their own yard; having a big kitchen; having a basement; having a garage, away from the city… we have/had all that here! And yet we decided to go for a condo, downtown Montreal! Right smack in the middle of it all! We won’t have a yard, but a deck. Our kitchen will be well equipped and functional, which is more important to me than size (for that, at least! ). I will miss our big bathroom and powder room; we will have only one toilet, that’s going to be interesting at times… We will have a garage, which we will share with our neighbour. (That is one thing this will be VERY strange, we will most likely have to talk to our neighbours, we never really did that here…)

Actually thinking about it, I realised that we will, unlike here, use our garage to park a car. I never did that before! We will be able to walk to shop, which we just can’t do in the suburbs. It will be fun to discover new shops, where we can go for what… it will be thrilling and a complete new life style, that’s for sure.

Yeah, upon reflection, this move will be good. Maybe not easy at first, but it should be interesting…

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