I love the book "Sarah, Plain and Tall" and in it Sarah says about leaving her old home in Maine, "there's always something to miss" and I agree with that but I have to say that although I have not moved down to TV yet (we own but rent out our house and it's killing me but practical for us at this point) I know I will not miss too much about living up north. I am not going to miss the cold; my joints already ache every day this winter. I won't miss this giant house when it comes to cleaning day. I won't miss going to work every single day when I'd rather be playing and I know that all of you are! I won't miss the lousy restaurants and terrible food this area has so I'd rather cook at home most nights. I won't miss the mostly 30something people I associate with and the lack of friends my age. I will miss the acreage my dogs have to run around in, but I am confident that with a bit of extra effort the dog parks will take up the slack for that. I will miss the extra storage and a basement but it will force me not to accumulate junk and to reevaluate what I really need. I will miss the wall space for the art I have spent a lifetime accumulating but I am sure I will work it out by the time I move down full time. I'll miss my kids but I know that they'll visit, and we talk a lot by phone now anyway and that won't change. Overall, I am sure that it's all worth it or I wouldn't dream of TV by night and daydream about it all day.
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