2009-07-06
7/6/09
Having Mike and Lindsay here was...wonderful. Incredible. Too short. It never fails to amaze me how fun it is to spend time with your adult children.
As I've mentioned before we are planning to relocate to OK after Shelby graduates.
For various reasons. Shelby wants to go to college there. Although we have many friends here, we don't have any family. The economy here is too inflated and too dependent on tourism retail dollars.
I will admit that the main reason we want to move is...Jeffrey
This is a SMALL town. With that comes the comfort of knowing that there are many who are here for us. What also comes with it is the small town, small minded gossip mongers who cannot seem to let people live the way they choose to live.
What also comes with living here is the knowledge and daily reminders that we will always be "that family." An encounter with anyone but our closest friends (and often even with them) always ends the same way. With the dreaded look (peering into my face as if I were some sort of specimen they're inspecting) following by the concerned "How are you doing...REALLY?" If it weren't so sad, it would be comical how after more than 3 years, when we see or talk to someone, when we walk away we can (literally) hear the whispers "Their son died, you know. Blah, blah, gossip, gossip."
In addition to all of these reasons is one HUGE one. Bill and I are gyspies at heart. That was one of things that brought us together. When we spend too long in one place, we become stagnant. Neither of us has ever lived in one place as long as we've lived here. We are so ready to move on to another adventure...we're itchy with impatience.
Moving here was one of the best decisions we've made in our 20+ years together. My goal has been for all 3 of my children to graduate from the same school and for them to live and go to school in an area where they felt safe. These goals have just about been met.
My mind swirls with plans about our move. Things we'll have to do in order to make our move. I feel an excitement that I haven't felt for years.
Being me, I want to make a HUGE list and begin to immediately cross things off.