Go WEST, young man!

Who even said that? I'm hearing Horace Greeley did, but why?

I've been job shopping for a bit and had a few interviews around: D.C., Vermont, NY, MA.  We've talked about where to move/whether to move but we've stopped talking. We're headed to Oregon August 1.

I'm neither young, nor a man so don't know that the above is sound advice, but we're going anyway. People at work ask if I'm going to move so far to be near my kids. "Why no, no, I'm not.  I'm leaving the state where my kids are."  We're going for a few years for a nice stable benefited position in a Mediterranean climate. Here were the pics and temperatures in May when I first visited. These temperatures seem pretty heavenly compared to Maine's spring. One to three kids will house/cat sit for now. They can vacillate between excited and scared like I am right now. 

So the house is in disarray with boxes, full and empty, all over the floors and flat surfaces. Boxes for the China library sale are gone, boxes for Goodwill, boxes for the cellar of stuff I'm not moving, boxes of kid art and trophies for each kid, boxes of stuff to move. Now there are even boxes of stuff I can part with but not sure Judd can (i.e. partial quarter collection from every State, stamp collections not opened in 20 years), awaiting his return from fishing and hiking to sort with me.

  And lists......the lists start. Lists of whom to contact. Lists of where stuff is for the kids (i.e. fuse box, generator instructions, waffle iron, pizza brick.) Lists of where important papers are. Lists of phone numbers of helpful resources. Lists of what to pack from each room. Lists of where the lists are. I even have a list from on -line on how to make lists.  More to come.......

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