On The Move

I apologize for not having added anything since January. I have sold my house and am in the midst of moving. So much work, so little time. I will be temporarily renting an apartment (address unknown as of yet) then my ultimate goal is to move out of California. I love California and think it is a beautiful state. There is so much I would miss. However, I can no longer stand what I have termed the "California Mentality." Oh, yeah, the traffic is another issue.

Being a mother of two grown children, I would like to see them settled before I make that move out of California. My son, Kevin, is 27. He was in a near fatal car accident 4 1/2 years ago and is just now getting back on his feet, literally. He plans to go back to school and eventually get into architecture. My daughter, who is 21, was planning on going into pediatric nursing, but is slowly changing her focus to teaching. She loves working with children and considered child psychology, but she wears her heart on her sleeve and would not be emotionally capable of distancing herself.

As for myself, I have reconnected with a friend who has become the love of my life and I am sure is my soul-mate. He is originally from Colorado and we plan to move there hopefully within the next year. I have wanted to move out of California for a very long time and have put it off because I would be leaving my parents, brother, and five sisters (not to mention nieces, nephews, etc.) I would have been alone with my kids in a strange land and that kept me from getting up the courage to make the move. My original plan was to move to Vermont. People thought I was crazy for that choice and that a California girl like me couldn't make the adjustment, but it's where I have always wanted to live. That is, until Mike came into the picture. We travelled to Colorado a couple of years ago and I have to admit, I fell in love with it. The climate is sort of in the middle of where I live now and where my sights were set in Vermont.

I think I've rambled on enough for tonight. Besides, I have to get back to packing. Ugh.