{"id":159,"date":"2022-04-19T02:35:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T02:35:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-08T20:21:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T20:21:20","slug":"im-a-little-rusty-at-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rudymartinez.wtf\/stuff-and-nonsense\/2022\/04\/19\/im-a-little-rusty-at-this\/","title":{"rendered":"I’m A Little Rusty At This"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I’m sitting in my living room looking at pictures on the floor in the hallway; accumulated mementos of a shared life with my favorite person. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Deciding what to keep, what to leave behind… has never really been difficult for me when it was just me. I would just… go. But it isn’t just me and it isn’t just stuff. It’s this life we’ve made together. It’s I got that for you<\/i> and I remember when she surprised me with this<\/i>. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And it’s there is no fucking way I am getting rid of my PlayStation<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So we’re going to Paris. I still can’t believe it. I mean, sure, there are still any number of things that could happen to derail this, but, I dunno. It went from a five year plan – I never thought I would be a five year plan guy – to, let’s see how the next election goes<\/i>, to you know, if we can sell our house for the price we want we’ll have all the money we need<\/i>, to our realtor telling us yeah, you can definitely sell it for that<\/i>. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So now it’s, we’re doing this? <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yeah, we’re doing this!<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The initial excitement of it all abated some today as I took down these mementos… these things we hung just so because this is our forever home. This is our island, our refuge. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sure I hate everything outside of this island because, well, Florida. But still.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next few days and weeks are going to be constant change. If I had to do it alone or with anyone not TGB I think I would freak out. Instead, I look over at her sitting in her recliner, putzing on her phone, drinking her bourbon and I know that this life we have is about to get crazy good. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gooder?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So yeah, I am going to miss Chez Martinez. But …<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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