Ups and Downs

[Energizer Bunny]

I did my first year of college in Mt. P. I was born near the Big D and slowly worked my way north. Then I followed a boy to TN for the rest of college, then out to CA for grad school, married a "Californiano" and got rooted out here.

I don't mind, really. I have the ocean to look at instead of the lakes, and while I do miss snow, I don't miss it for as long as Michigan has it. The year I moved out of MI, it snowed on my birthday. In late April.

I miss blueberries, though, and turning leaves and apple cider. And hot chocolate on snowy days, and the particular feather-soft, quiet of dusk during a fresh snowfall.

W and I did schooling in Mt. P.
I love the water. Ocean, lakes, it's all good.
I'm looking forward to the apple orchards next month. We generally go as a family for a hayride through the orchards in October. We get cider and cake donuts. Mmmm. I wonder how that will work this year. W may want to go all together. Maybe she'll take S and go w/ her GF's family.

I've wanted to get out of Michigan for a long time. This was really the "trigger" that started this. W went along with the idea of moving for 12 years. When we put the house on the market though she decided she wouldn't go through with it. After leading me on the whole time.

I've realized that compared to my marriage, where I live just isn't as important as I once thought. There are a lot of things I do like here. I'll just have to travel a lot. Especially in winter.

I'd like to make it to the west coast some day.