Branch Out and Take a Chance!

The pandemic was quite the opportunity to take life down a desperate hole. When COVID took over the world it was a pretty scary environment and for me professionally it was as well. There was a lot of uncertainty all around. It really changed the way we all think of work, family and life in general. My wife and I worked hard to make it a positive thing for both us and our children.

One thing we did was really crazy for a couple accountants that live a pretty sedate and conservative life. We started looking for a house at the lake for a second home. We’re not wealthy but could stretch to make that happen. It’s one of the most exhilarating and potentially scary things we could have taken on. We weren’t lake people and aside from a couple rare occasions had really not been on a lake or lived in the country. We were tired of being holed up in our house and wanted to provide a fun spot for our growing toward adulthood kids.

We did it. We fought a growing crowd of people that were apparently doing the same thing. After offers were beaten out by higher bids our agent came up with a good strategy and we finally got a very nice house near the lake that we could escape to.