Recently my husband and I have moved to a new town, purchased a house and acreage after renting for 5 years, and both have new jobs. At first it was golden, wonderful, amazing, fun. Then it gets hard, the fun is gone, it is sweat and tears and hard, hard work. Right now, a month into it, we are hard pressed on every side. My horse was unwell for three days to the point I was worried I was going to lose her. My dog ran away for hours, the chimney caught fire, the basement was full of water…. It was hard. I cried a lot.