Last moments...

Well its Monday, our official last day for this trip. Since tomorrow we will be heading to Bordeaux and stay in a motel cause our flight leaves really early the next morning (wed). We've kind of thought about what we are doing in the near future, but I won't post it all here. But I wanted to take this time, to look over this last year to try to reveal to myself, what I have learned. I feel that I've learned how to see the important things in life, and to enjoy it. I feel that we've gotten to slow down and feel that its important to slow down, stop.. and not stress out all the time about the future. I know there are responsibilities to do, and I think I can face them with a new look on life. Enjoying life is very important too, I understand its important to plan for the future, but if you're letting today pass with out enjoying it, the future will do the same.. pass without enjoyment, and I think that's a waist. Money, its not everything... of course I need it, but it doesn't seem like anyone can ever have enough, so I need to know what that amount is that I can enjoy life, and live responsible without going over board of course. But with all these subjects, the most important thing I learned is love. I learned to love my wife more than I ever have. And to stop letting things inbetween us seem more important.

So this goodbye. I thank all of who took the time to check in on us. You are true friends and family. I'll see all of you soon.

P.S. and for any one that saw this blog as "where I can live the most comfortable for the least amount of work". I'm sorry you saw it that way. I feel that I wanted to put up things of our life and our adventures here, that people who never leave the US may never experience, or can't understand. Although I didn't add WORKING HARD as something I learned, it's because I already realize that. I understand that its important to work hard and provide for a family, and that's what I do. Maybe not to someone else's expectations, but to ours! So I can say that's something I learned too. I never liked trying to live upto someone's expectations, even society (aka keeping up with the jones'), and I don't think I will. I think we have our own expectations, and I think that's what I should be living up too.