Having a hard time with full timing
Hello,
Let me first give you some background. I am a married women- my husband has had this idea of living in an RV traveling around the US for years. He had a mandatory retirement date, so when it came close, we started to get serious about what we'd buy.
Anyway, fast forward to Spring of 2013. We put the house on the market. It took until Sept to find a buyer. Our daughter was still living with us at the time. In Dec 2013, my husband officially retired. Then two days later, our daughter moved into her apartment. 2 weeks later, we went to closing and were on the road.
I had a very hard time of it. Empty nester- whatever. I really didn't have time to adjust to any of the changes. Then on top of it, we were moving from place to place about weekly. (there were some places we stayed for 2 weeks).
I am better about things now, but I still am missing my family, my friends, my comfort zone. Yes, with cellphone and the internet- we stay in touch- but I miss the face to face contact with people that know my "life story".
We are meeting such nice people in the campgrounds (we are very friendly and so are most people that camp). But, somehow its not the same. There is no permanent connection.
So, I'm hoping I can reach out here for some suggestions.
We get out the trailer everyday (mostly) and do something- whether its hiking, swimming, shopping. My husband has a kayak (I don't kayak). I read, do puzzles (word and jigsaw), write in journals, needlepoint. So I have hobbies also. Even if we stay in the campground, we go outside to sit or walk around. (if there aren't any activities- or swimming etc).
We are heading back towards "home" in June for 6-7 weeks. Just for closure. I'm afraid I won't want to leave again.
Please help.
Thanks
Let me first give you some background. I am a married women- my husband has had this idea of living in an RV traveling around the US for years. He had a mandatory retirement date, so when it came close, we started to get serious about what we'd buy.
Anyway, fast forward to Spring of 2013. We put the house on the market. It took until Sept to find a buyer. Our daughter was still living with us at the time. In Dec 2013, my husband officially retired. Then two days later, our daughter moved into her apartment. 2 weeks later, we went to closing and were on the road.
I had a very hard time of it. Empty nester- whatever. I really didn't have time to adjust to any of the changes. Then on top of it, we were moving from place to place about weekly. (there were some places we stayed for 2 weeks).
I am better about things now, but I still am missing my family, my friends, my comfort zone. Yes, with cellphone and the internet- we stay in touch- but I miss the face to face contact with people that know my "life story".
We are meeting such nice people in the campgrounds (we are very friendly and so are most people that camp). But, somehow its not the same. There is no permanent connection.
So, I'm hoping I can reach out here for some suggestions.
We get out the trailer everyday (mostly) and do something- whether its hiking, swimming, shopping. My husband has a kayak (I don't kayak). I read, do puzzles (word and jigsaw), write in journals, needlepoint. So I have hobbies also. Even if we stay in the campground, we go outside to sit or walk around. (if there aren't any activities- or swimming etc).
We are heading back towards "home" in June for 6-7 weeks. Just for closure. I'm afraid I won't want to leave again.
Please help.
Thanks
