Woke in the middle of the night and can't get back to sleep. I'm trying my new full-spectrum CBD oil for anxiety. Hopefully that will help me get back to sleep soon.

Family is driving me nuts!!! Just found out that my husband's oldest sister (who we're quite close to) is planning to move again, less than 6 months after selling her house and buying a large, expensive 3-bedroom condo. She lives with her adult daughter (who is just 5 years younger than me) and the daughter's boyfriend.


I was a bit jealous when they bought the condo as they are living in a city about an hour's drive from us that is a near paradise for seniors (Sister in is 72). I'm not exaggerating - they are 1 block from a 50+ community centre that is one of the best anywhere - so much so that visitors from around the world come to view and study it. I know this because my mother used to live in the same neighborhood. This huge seniors' centre has hundreds of classes, clubs and meetings that are free or cheap - everything from card clubs to art classes and fitness classes. Plus social programs and outreach, cheap meals and snacks, etc My mother performed in their theatre troupe and took many classes there and she still goes there regularly as she gets the free bus from her independent living residence. My mother moved to that city at 65 and had the best social life she'd ever had (she's now 83 and literally can't walk through the little mall across from the seniors' centre without running into several people she knows).


Anyway, I would love to live in that city (it also has a thriving arts community aside from the centre) but like everywhere else in our part of the world, real estate has been incredibly inflated in price in recent years. It's not really a rich neighborhood as most of the residents moved in long before the surge in prices. But now it's minimum 400K for a 1-bedroom condo in that area. My husband and I had to move further out to a smaller city. OUR city's seniors' centre is a 1-room storefront that offers knitting club, lawn bowling and square dancing.


But it's all lost on my sister-in-law as she isn't interested in any classes or programs or making new friends, and only spends time with her daughter. They have a laundry list of complaints about the new condo including that it is too bright of all things (the daughter gets migraines and doesn't work). Anyway, they have moved 6 times in the last 15 years so it's not new. Despite the fact they are now within easy walking distance of everything (I think the Google maps walking score for their new area is 10/10) they still spend most of their time in their car and the daughter drives them around on errands, medical appointments and buying stuff for the home. Now they're talking about moving far away and buying another house.


Despite my frustration, I love and care about them and would be so sad to see them move where we can't see them anymore. They are our closest family distance-wise. And my husband and I had thought of moving to that city one day when we are older if we can get into the seniors' housing there.

We are trying to talk them into moving to our city if they move, but they might not be able to afford a house here that is to their liking. Despite how it sounds, they are not rich and were just able to afford the condo because of the sale of their house (which like most in our region quadrupled in price in the last 15 years).

Sigh.

All my family and friends are just getting further and further away.