After a very long year of being at home, I'm both excited and nervous for everything I have going on this summer!
Way back in October, I (and the hubs)
bought an old house that needs major
renovations. It’s a beauty, built in 1937 and
located in my favorite neighborhood in
Sacramento. Now that I've sold my current
home, we're beginning renovations on the
new house which means we’ll be houseless
from now until the end of the year.
Now, if 2020 proved anything it’s that the
Bagnet team and I are fully capable of
working from our homes 100% of the time.
It’s a great feeling knowing that we each
have the freedom and flexibility to do our
jobs from any corner of the earth. It’s one
of the few glimmers of positivity that
came out of the nightmare of Covid-19,
and one that we are eager to enjoy for as
long as possible.
It’s with this freedom and flexibility that I
decided to spend the summer in upstate
NY while work is being done on my house.
I grew up there, in a small town in the
foothills of the Adirondack mountains, so
my husband and I chose to rent an apartment
in the nearby town of Saratoga
Springs. We are so excited to enjoy a
change of scenery and escape the brutal
heat of summer in Sacramento.
We also have trips planned to Park City,
Utah and San Antonio, Texas – both within
two weeks of the day we need to be
moved out of our house and into the
apartment in NY!
I am fully anticipating some logistical
challenges along the way like time zone
adjustments, packing and repacking, and
managing a renovation from across the
country. All of our household belongings
will be held in storage while we’re in NY
for the summer. When we return to
Sacramento, only the necessities will be
moved into a local apartment while we
wait for the last phase of our home
renovation to be completed. Then of
course we will move one more time into
our newly renovated home.
I realize that business won’t just stop for
the summer and Bagnet won’t run itself,
so I’ll be juggling my full workload during
all of this traveling. There’s solid potential
for a few mini-meltdowns along the way,
and I’m sure there will be obstacles that I
haven’t even considered. But, after a year
of social distancing and being home
waaaaayyyy too much, I am ready for a
summer adventure and to get my travel
legs back!
What about you? Are you planning to travel this summer?