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My blog title is an oblique reference to the Allman Brothers‘ tune. You know, the one with the lyric, “Goin’ to Carolina, won’t be long till I’ll be there…”
Okay, enough broad hinting. We’re moving. Although I held off saying anything “officially” for fear of jinxing it (our first offer on our house fell through; the buyers couldn’t get financing, and I figured it was as likely as not that in this economy it could keep happening).
But our second offer was solid. We close on May 29, Rain Dog’s birthday, and next time I blog we’ll be in the sunny (warm!) Piedmont region. Greenville SC for now, though Asheville NC is not out of the question. We love the area, have for a long time. Having both grown up in urban environments, we’re looking forward to 1) no longer having to drive an hour to get anywhere interesting and 2) having lots of interesting places to pick from.
Oh, and the weather. This past winter about did us in!
In the coming months I hope to blog a little more regularly about life as a full-time writing mother, like how cool it is that I have clients who don’t mind hearing little voices in the background, because they have their own, and some other stuff I have going on. No promises but it’s never been my intent to let this blog languish. It just hasn’t been a priority while I’ve been getting business rolling.
I’ve already made some contacts via Twitter and I’m looking forward to getting to know the area, which on our first visit we realized was a place where people work to live — not live to work. If pulling up roots is about making a better life for our children if not ourselves, then that’s just what we’re doing. Thanks for coming along for the ride!
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congratulations on your move. that’s huge!
you know brittany at cc lives in greenville…
Of course I know that!
We’ve been in touch. I can’t wait to meet her! And you are in VA? Whereabouts? Hope you can consider coming down at some point?
And, ironically enough, I’m from Asheville. Though I infinitely prefer living in Greenville. Can’t wait to meet you either!
great! that’s good news!
unfortunately, i live about a 9 hour drive from there…out of curiosity when i started feeling like friends, i mapquested a general city-city directions map. kinda gave me the creeps along your line of work, christa…too easy, and i wasn’t working with specifics.
Brittany, I remember you saying you were from Asheville. Just want to keep our options open but I think we’ll stay here… we’d never hear the end of it otherwise!
Cathy, that’s a bummer that you live so far. And yeah, it is scary-easy to find people. There’s a reason I don’t name my kids online….
i only name my kids on fb and even then my privacy settings are strict. periodically i go in and clean out all the stupid applications i play around with.
I am so paranoid about privacy settings somehow getting hacked, apps introducing code etc. that I never accept anything. I am sure people think I hate them!
I grew up in NC (near the coast) and have never, ever gotten used to these cold winters in MI. We’ve been here 10 years and I love a white Christmas but am ALL DONE by February. Okay, maybe by January. Good luck with the move! I hope you love it.
I do love it! Love the heat, love the rainstorms. I do believe I paid my dues in Maine!
Think you’ll ever make it back down this way?