Home Before Leaving

It’s getting closer, it’s here! Just a few more days and we’re flying away. Are we really leaving? And for that long? What will it actually be like? Am I making a mistake? Why am I doing this?

I’ve been preparing for this for a long time. Almost a year mentally and practically since the beginning of summer. I bought the first plane tickets, reserved the first accommodations. And gradually dealt with more and more things.

Basically, I’m nervous that I’m not nervous at all ;) I’m usually more nervous when we go to Croatia, for example - whether we have everything packed, whether I forgot something…

But here I don’t have these feelings at all. Rather, philosophical questions and concerns are running through my mind.

Farewell with Family and Friends

In the last days before leaving, I managed to meet with both family and friends. I told them that we probably won’t see each other for a while, so let’s sit down at a restaurant for a good lunch or evening for a beer. But I promised this blog as the next point of contact, which we’ve been preparing for so long.

And it worked! I met with family, with my cousin, with my godmother, with my mom and stepfather, with friends from Tatkovský Splav, with the crew from Petržalka, with friends/classmates from Philosushi, with ex-colleagues from our startup, with former classmates from high school, and also with my closest group of friends, and I don’t even remember with everyone else. And it did me good. As an extrovert, I needed to replenish my serotonin supply for a longer social celibacy :)

I realized what amazing people I have around me and how lucky I am to have met them.

Farewell to Slovakia

At home, we cooked Christmas sauerkraut soup earlier than usual. The kind where you put in everything — pork, beef, mushrooms, even prunes… Simply a real Christmas soup! And it was gone in no time.

We also held an early visit from St. Nicholas—because of the children, we persuaded him to come to us sooner (for these connections, thanks mainly to Grandpa and Grandma).

We handed over the keys and wrote the powers of attorney.

It’s Time to Set Off

I like the saying: “Courage is not the absence of fear, but the ability to act despite fear.” So here I go. We’re all going into this. Simonka is also very brave. So is Leo. Our other children don’t realize it that much yet. And that’s good. Blessed ignorance.

December is at the door, it’s snowed here. Let’s go to the sun!