Get out of that bag...

I am often prone to grandiosity.  I used big words.  I throw pomp around like confetti at one of those war parades.  The big ones when sailors kiss random women.  But I picture better than that. 

I like to think of myself like the noble warrior poet standing majestically on a hillside.  I came to conquer.  I came to fight for something bigger than myself.

When we moved to Tucson three years ago, we were refugees.  We lived in a cesspool of greed and superficiality.  We felt like we were losing our friends, our sanity, our very selves.  We were suffocating in piles of trash.  We were beginning to stink the stench of wasted dreams and clawed backs.  Life was bleak.

We were honest.  We told ourselves that we were going to give it a shot.  We were desperate for real people with real lives.  And, lo and behold, we struck gold.  We have met so many wonderful people here, and they have changed our lives for the better.  We found our passions.  We started a new chase for dreams.  The stench rolled away from us.

Tucson is a wonderful place.  There are many great people and several really good places.  To be honest, I'm not sure better Mexican food exists in Arizona.  (Northern New Mexico is still mecca.)  We love Tucson with a very special part of our heart.

As you know, we are expecting a new addition to our family.  This has put many things into focus and really made us think about the future.  We are not just 'us' anymore.  We are 'Us.'  And that means that we have to make decisions based on providing the best we can provide for our little one.  Alas, we have realized, with heavy heart, that Tucson is no longer best.

We will be moving "up the hill" to Flagstaff on July 26th.  We have some opportunities there, and one of them is free rent for a year or so.  That is an offer that can hardly be beat.

We will miss seeing all of you, but we will have an extra room.  (Hint-hint)

One never knows what the future holds, but for now, this is the path.

Not much else to say about that.

More to come,

Jed