Sunday, February 2

Someone reminded me it was "groundhog day".  Had not even thought about it.  Have had a whirlwind week.  Lots of stuff going on.

I have big news.  I have decided to sell the house and move to the Dallas area.  There are a number of reasons.  We have two daughters, one son-in-law, eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren in the Dallas area.  I miss them and want to more engaged with their lives and activities.  They also need more of "Grandma" if you will.  I have been thinking about this for a long time but had to sort through a number of things, not the least of which are my attachments here where I am.

My long term goal is to also have a place in New York where I have additional children and grandchildren but must mostly stay here for Cowboy for now.

I have been in  Dallas the past four days, just returned today.  Looked at a lot of properties and found one that I really like.  Made an offer, already heard they didn't accept so are in negotiations.

The plan is that I will live in a large house with my youngest daughter.  She recently acquired a promotion that will have her mostly gone for the next two years visiting remote sites for her company.  She will be gone 75% of the time and we will buy a house that is large enough that we each have our own space.  We found one that has the master downstairs for me and a large game room and three bedrooms upstairs for her, company, visiting grandchildren, etc.  We made an offer but it was rejected today so we are in negotiations.

Her children are grown so it would just be the two of us.   There is even a pool for the kids to enjoy.  Don't have a clue whether it will work out but if not I will continue searching.

Stopped by to see Cowboy on the way home.  The length of time to visit him after I move will increase but I have cut my visits to twice weekly and it is working out fine.  He doesn't really have much sense of what day it is or how long since I last visited.  He was fine with it.  I doubt if he remembers we had the conversation tomorrow.  Had lunch with  him and it was very good.  Every now and then they really outdo themselves and today both the stuffing and the brownie were excellent.

I have notified some of my close associates already and am working on notifying those remaining.  This is hard.  I love these folks and the fun we have together but I know this is the right thing to do.

Lots of work and frustrations ahead I suspect but life is what it is.    Will try to do better and post more often so you know what is going on.