As some of you may remember this move to Spain has been a long saga, culminating with our arrival just before Christmas last year on a Non Lucrative Visa.
We've just started the ridiculous process of resubmitting all the stuff we submitted before to renew our visa. Between the Spanish and British government departments I reckon it'll take at least 3 months, and a lot of unnecessary expense.
I thought I'd try and put into words how I feel about this move, it may ring a bell with some people, others might well think I'm an ungrateful, miserable old bat.
The thing is, I'm bored.
There I've said it!
I miss my world, my tribe, and my life.
I know people will write in suggesting U3A, volunteering, travelling, etc. and believe me I've seriously considered all these, in fact I do volunteer for a charity, but it's not enough. I've been self employed all my life, living on my wits, working literally 7 days a week, and loving it, and loving the financial independence and freedom.
I'm not allowed to work here, and if I went automno which I have considered, I wouldn't be able to earn enough to satisfy the demands the Spanish state would put on me, especially after the first year.
My Husband who was also self employed all his life, is delighted to live somewhere warm and inexpensive and without the pressures of going to work every day. He has offered to sell up and move back, but I can't ask him to do that, and I do mostly like living here.
Does anyone else wake up every morning with the depressing thought, 'what the hell am I going to do today'?
I'm going to have to commute I think.