Well hello!

It's been a few minutes, and I'll start off with apologizing for that - the bad news came hard and fast in February and it's been a whirlwind of activity and emotions since then. Now, I'm back to give you the update:

I'm moving out of Texas in two days! An old friend has invited me to move to Missouri and I've spent the last few weeks selling furniture and packing up again. To move. AGAIN. 😡

Readers of this blog are already aware of the nightmare I went through a mere 8 months before to get everything moved from one apartment to another, and now it's happening all over again.

Have I mentioned before how much I hate moving? This time is going to be easier in some ways, and much more difficult in others. Most all the furniture we've accumulated over the last 18 years has either been sold, or will be left behind. My friends are coming down with a large GMC pickup truck and the big cargo trailer you can rent from UHaul. They are leaving to head down here tomorrow morning. 

I'm happy to be getting out of Texas finally. I've been unhappy here for a long time. I'm chronically ill and have a lot of pain management issues and I smoke cannabis to help me with pain. Fortunately this will no longer be an issue for me in Missouri, where not only is it recreationally legal, it will be very easy for me to a get a patient's card as well as a growers card so I can grow my own at home, too.

I'm worried about the cats on this trip - none of the three of them have ever been in a carrier for that amount of time and it's a really long drive like 13 hours, so I am definitely concerned about how they are going to handle it. 

Am I going to miss Texas? Well sure I will. I'm a native Texan, and even more importantly I'm a native Houstonian. I am proud of being from here. My family goes back many generations here. Unfortunately, due to the job climate and other issues regarding laws and choices are becoming increasingly more oppressive and it's no longer viable for me to be here, financially or healthwise.

I'm moving from the 4th largest city in the USA to a small town with less than 1000 people. I am more than okay with this! Even five years ago I'd have protested to be out of the city, but nowadays, I just want some peace and quiet! I want to go back to the country and enjoy nature. 

So that's basically the gist of it: Moving to Missouri in two days and I'm terrified and excited at the same time. I'll post again once we've arrived.