Motion now in place to close the business

I had some lovely guests who visited Your Private Adobe three times in two weeks. They fell in love with my concept, the treatment's, the way I made them feel and the way I decorate. They asked if I would consider running their spa in Guatemala. Of course I said yes.............6-weeks later, over Thanksgiving, I was in Guatemala.

I could write an entire blog on my trip. The job opportunity did not work out. We were not a good fit. But it was wonderful experience and it made me want to start traveling again and not be such a slave to my business.

There have been a three things in my life that molded my desires to travel. One my dad died of a massive heart attack at 50. Two, I spent a summer in Singapore with my sister at age 17. And thirdly, I worked in retirement communities as one of my past careers. Couples would scrimp and save for years so they could travel when they retired. Invariably, one would get sick, or one would die and they never as a couple got to travel. Sure they had enough money to live in this lovely retirement community. I decided I would not live like this! I may be a bag lady when I am older, but I want to see the world now. I honestly thought I would never get married. I always wanted to be the eccentric old aunt who traveled the world and had exciting and wild stories to tell her friends and family. I never wanted a home, I wanted to be a gypsy. What happened to my dream over the years? I just got caught up in the rat race like everyone else.

I've given notice. The owner of the house has put it up for sale. He said, let's try it for 60-days, then if it doesn't sale, I'll re-lease the house. So since late September I have been downsizing. I had a garage sale. These were items I was going to take to Goodwill. You don't see garage sales on my busy street and we had to almost direct traffic so shoppers could get in the parking lot. It was a huge success and I got rid of a lot of stuff I did not want.