The Mood Booster I Needed

I've been unhappy lately.

I mean, I'm happy...but I'm not.

Does that make any sense?

I'm happy with life and marriage...

 

But this Winter...the snow...the cold...it's really made me depressed.

I've been trying all KINDS of things to brighten my mood a little, and boost those "feel good" endorphins...I work out really hard every day to boost those feel good hormones...to get that "high"....

And while I'll have a good "mood boost" after an amazing sweat session, it's temporary because I have to go outside eventually. 

And I have to realize it's ridiculously cold and the ground is still covered with snow/ice.

But...

Our family received AMAZING news this week.

WE SOLD OUR HOUSE IN CALIFORNIA!

It was JUST what I needed to boost my mood and make me smile.

Our house has been on the market since the holidays.

We had several offers.

We had offers fall through.

We spent a ton of money to fix little things on the house.

(It's amazing how much you find out is wrong with your house when you try to sell it.)

We were paying the mortgage on our house in CA AND rent on the house we currently live in.

The house was sucking our bank account dry the past few months.

It was stressful.

But we ended up selling it for more than what we had asked for, and made a 29% profit on it!

I'd say that's some STELLAR news!

This was our family's first home.

It was a small, modest town house in South Orange County that cost a small fortune for us...lol.

It was the home we brought our daughter home to from the hospital.

 It was the home we made so many memories in attempting DIY projects to save money.

 Those projects that my hubby insisted would only take "a day or two" that would take him a week...

 Or the ones he said would take a week that would take him months....lol

 It was OUR home, and the first big decision as a married couple that we made together when we bought it.

It's a little bittersweet to let go of it.

I hope the new young couple that just bought it will enjoy all the headaches that come with it because those headaches of home ownership will turn into lasting memories.

And one last thing that's put a little pep in my step...

Our family is going back to the OC for one glorious week at the end of the month for Spring Break and my 30TH BIRTHDAY!

I'm hoping we get a photo like the one above while we are there with our extra family member that we've acquired since leaving the beautiful and sunny California.

I can't wait to see my best friend, feel sand beneath my feet, eat some amazing Mexican food, and soak up every bit of Vitamin D I can.

My husband may be coming back to New England alone....