My whole life changes today

Okay, that's possibly a little dramatic, but it's true to a very large point. Today is our last day as self employed business owners. The shops we have owned for almost 8 years, that we have literally sweated in to make successful have been sold and hubby wears his uniform today for the last time.
Tomorrow we begin a new chapter in our lives. Both hubby and I will be classified as unemployed, which neither of us have ever been in out entire lives. Luckily for us we don't have to join the queue at Centrelink or else I would also be lining up at a psychiatrists for a bit of mental health support!
Our friends and families keep asking us what we are going to do next, and frankly, we have no intention of telling them our ideas. Hubby has been in the industry for 15 years and needs a change. Crap, he has been working in the same shop for nearly 11 years! So we will go wherever we go and no doubt hubby will be successful at whatever it is he tackles next as I have never known him to fail at anything.
I am blogging about this for mostly nostalgic reasons. Back in 1997 hubby and I packed up, sold our house and put all our belongings into storage, hooked up a caravan and decided to travel around this gorgeous country of ours. Being eastern staters we had both been up and down the east coast numerous times so we decided to head west and see what was out there. We got into Perth about a month after we left Victoria and hubby promptly found a job. That very first job he took, is the one he is finishing up today! A lot has happened though in those 11 years, least of which was our purchase of that shop.
Our interest began in it in 2000. That's when I went to work with hubby. And boy did he put me to work! We worked 13 hour days (at least) and every Saturday and Sunday for 3 years. It was the hardest job I had ever had. Ironically everyone warned us not to work together as it would ruin our marriage (!!). Then came the kids and the growth of our businesses as well. In 2004 we opened our second shop which we built from the ground up. It was an exciting time. By 2007 we had 3 shops with about 50 employees. This is when we started to tire of the business. Long days, no holidays, a business partner that we hated and no scope to do things the way we wanted, plus 90% of our employees were crack heads. It was time to make some big decisions. Firstly we sold one of the shops. This helped for a while, but the biggest bane of our business lives was our partner. He wouldn't let us grow. Stuck in the eighties, he didn't believe in spending money to make money, and being a silent (funny term that) partner he bitched and moaned constantly yet never lifted a finger to help. It was time for drastic measures.
So we got about as drastic as you could. Under a veil of secrecy we flew to Victoria and bought a house. Then we worked out the christmas and new year periods. Then we dropped the bombshell. It was over. We were selling our share.
Coming to that decision was very hard for us. To give up a very comfortable income and to move thousands of kilometres away from our home was not a decision we took lightly. As you can well imagine. But for piece of mind and for our kids well being, we made the decision to give it all up.
Today is a sad day for me. It is the end of a big part of my life. It is the end of a lot of dreams that we had but the beginning of bigger and better dreams. Hopefully this change will enable hubby to do the things he has always wanted to do. I have never been prouder of him than I am at this moment. It takes a strong man to give up a steady income to follow your dreams and to make that leap of faith in yourself.
So, here we go. It all changes tomorrow.