Learning to hit the bad pitch

It’s funny how even as we get older and we think we have everything figured out, life can still through us a curve ball.  My father always said a good hitter can hit a good pitch; a great hitter can hit a bad pitch and keep you in the game.  Well lately we’ve had to swing at a couple of bad pitches and so far we have been able to foul them off and remain in the game.  Just as I am working on getting my travel career growing, my husband loses his job.  It was a partial choice, but as I witnessed the crap they put him through and saw how miserable he was I thoroughly support his decision.  I wanted the man I married back. The man that is fun, smiles and has a passion for life.

So here we are in our fifties, very little income, no insurance, 2 sons’ recently engaged, aging parents, an unsellable house and cars in need of repairs.  Not exactly what you might picture when you dream of closing in on retirement, but it is our reality and part of staying in the game is learning what to do when it’s the bottom of the 9^th and 2 outs. So (since we haven’t found that winning lotto ticket) it’s back to the job market for Bert and myself.  Am I giving up on my travel business, ABSOLUTELY NOT, but I am going to have to find a position that will allow me to do both.  Now a big decision do we stay in Colorado or relocate. We have been talking for quite a while about moving; maybe this is our sign from above that it’s time. When you’re in the game and the coach gives you a sign you can’t argue.  I can do my travel from anywhere (thanks to the Internet) and cost of living is better in some other areas, so it’s time to weigh the pros and cons and make some hard decisions. 

This blog is called “Gina’s what’s now what’s next” and it definitely says’ it all. I hope that writing about my real life I can help put a perspective on yours.  So when you’re down and out, when you don’t know which way to turn, when you’re down to your last paycheck, DON’T GIVE UP, HAVE FAITH, keep your eye on the ball and keep fouling off all those bad pitches until you get the one that you knock out of the park and changes your life.  It only takes one. 

PS. I am busy arranging my group cruise for next year.  (I’m gonna need it). Call me to get your cabin booked soon, (special surprise if you get your deposit in by June 19th). Hope you can join us in celebrating hitting that homerun.

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