I SAT DOWN TODAY TO WRITE THIS BLOG AND INSTEAD OF JUST GIVING A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT I DID, I REFLECTED ON THIS JOURNEY I HAD UNDERTAKEN AND WHAT IT ENTAILED AND WHAT IT MEANT...
I ADDED UP THE ACTUAL MILEAGE COVERED TO REACH CHANDLER, ARIZONA: 3534 MILES... THE STATES I TRAVELED THROUGH: NEW JERSEY, DELAWARE, MARYLAND, VIRGINIA, TENNESSEE, KENTUCKY, MISSOURI, ILLINOIS, IOWA, KANSAS, OKLAHOMA, TEXAS (MAN, THAT STATE IS HUGE!), NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA... THE AMOUNT OF TOLLS I PAID ONCE I LEFT THE TRI-STATE AREA: $1.75... THE NUMBER OF RAINY DAYS BETWEEN 10/15 AND 11/15/2008: 2... THE NUMBER OF RAINY DAYS SINCE I HIT ARIZONA: 0... THE ROUNDS OF GOLF PLAYED: 7... NICEST HOTEL I STAYED IN: GAYLORD OPRYLAND IN NASHVILLE... COOLEST PLACE TO VISIT: SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS... BEST PLACES I VISITED: GLEN ALLEN, VIRGINIA--DALLAS CITY, ILLINOIS--PRAIRIE VILLAGE, KANSAS...
MANY PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME WHY I UNDERTOOK THIS JOURNEY AND WHY I ENDED UP IN ARIZONA... A FEW YEARS AGO I VISITED LAS VEGAS AND CALIFORNIA (TO PLAY GOLF, OF COURSE!) AND WHEN I WAS THERE, I FELT MORE AT HOME THAN MY REAL HOME IN NEW JERSEY... I DECIDED THAT WHEN THE TIME WAS RIGHT I WOULD MOVE SOMEWHERE OUT WEST... LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT THE TIME WOULD COME NOW... MY JOB WAS VERY DEMANDING OF MY TIME AND BEING A WORK-A-HOLIC I DIDN'T SEEM TO MIND... MY COMPANY TREATED ME VERY WELL OVER THE YEARS, BUT IT GOT TO BE A MATTER OF TIME... TIME TO DO THE THINGS I LOVED AND TIME TO DISCOVER NEW THINGS ABOUT MYSELF AND THE WORLD IN GENERAL... EVERYTHING FELL INTO PLACE THIS YEAR... I TURNED 50 AND WAS IN FAIRLY GOOD HEALTH, MY LEASE ON MY APT. IN NJ ENDED IN OCT... I HAD SAVED ENOUGH MONEY TO LIVE COMFORTABLY FOR AWHILE WHILE I DISCOVERED MY NEW CALLING... I DECIDED ON ARIZONA FOR THE WEATHER AND COST OF LIVING... RENTS WERE CHEAP AND THE WEATHER WAS SPECTACULAR...AND OF COURSE, GOLF YEAR ROUND...
THE ACTUAL DRIVING WAS DIFFICULT AT TIMES, BUT THE MEMORIES AND THE THINGS I SAW IN THIS BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY WE LIVE IN, I WILL CHERISH FOREVER...THE PEOPLE I MET AND WILL MEET AS I DISCOVER MY NEW HOME... ENTERTAINING FRIENDS WHEN THEY COME TO VISIT (YOU'RE GONNA LOVE IT HERE!) RECONNECTING WITH FAMILY THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN (I OWE SOME VISITS TO OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS AS WELL)...
I HAVE BEEN TRULY BLESSED ON THIS TRIP WITH NICE WEATHER, NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS, NO THEFT OR BREAK-INS, NO ACCIDENTS, AND I CONSTANTLY RECEIVED SIGNS ALONG THE WAY TO CONFIRM MY DECISION (I WON'T GO INTO DETAIL, BUT TRUST ME, IT WAS EERIE AT TIMES)...I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO SCARED AND SO EXCITED AT THE SAME TIME (SCARED IT MAY NOT WORK OUT, BUT EXCITED BECAUSE I BELIEVE THIS IS THE RIGHT THINGTO DO AND I WILL MAKE IT WORK)...
AND SO, I BID YOU GOOD NIGHT FROM THE VALLEY OF THE SUN... FURNITURE IS COMING AND LOTS OF WORK TO DO...
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