Charles and I are always thinking ahead to what we'll do when our current project and contracts are up. Time and again we go through all the pros and cons of staying, and all the pros and cons of going. Believe me when I say the lists on both sides of the equation are long.
One thing is certain: I am much more hopeful about the near-future state of the U.S. than I was a week ago. Words cannot describe my relief at Barack Obama's election.
And oddly enough, I discovered something that made me a little extra homesick today. Anybody want to buy a lovely little starter home in Ann Arbor and hold onto it for us for a little while?
Ha! It's like you're being invited back home by the universe...literally, to your home.
I don't envy you the decision; having reached "escape" velocity it would be pretty hard to come back.
Posted by: Kate C. | November 06, 2008 at 07:10 PM
That lovely little starter house has paint colors that match the tastes of some people I know that used to live in Ann Arbor. But they kept up the yard a little better.
Posted by: Your mother | November 06, 2008 at 08:22 PM
wow! how funny is that?
Posted by: Amanda | November 07, 2008 at 03:54 AM
yikes, that's intense. i wish you guys were here to experience the euphoria going on post-election tho. not sure if you can fully catch the vibes over there, but folks here are seriously over the moon. it's an obama love-fest!
Posted by: Michelle | November 10, 2008 at 05:08 AM
Oh, that looks like my neighbors house... I remember the old neighbors the used to live there. Crazy people... but we loved em!!!
Posted by: Katie | November 14, 2008 at 03:22 PM
amazing isn't it that your lovely home or the one you had is available...small world. now to steady the michigan economy a little...
Posted by: karen va | November 15, 2008 at 04:06 AM
We sure do miss the old 'hood and the neighbors. Well, all the neighbors except "the one." (I'm looking at you, Miss Gulch!)
Posted by: Krees | November 16, 2008 at 09:42 PM