Do What You Have to Do

1. Colorado to Arizona
2. Arizona to New Hampshire
3. New Hampshire to Massachusetts
4. Massachusetts to California
5. California to New Mexico
6. New Mexico to the Netherlands
7. The Netherlands to Virginia
8. Virginia back to Arizona
9. house in east side of Tucson.  Move to the central foothills of Tucson
10. Split time between Arizona and London
11. Mark to Paris
12. me to Colorado Springs.  Plan to go to Paris frequently

All this in 27 years of marriage.  We should be PROFESSIONALS at the moving thing.  What I've learned is that every move is different and none go smoothly.  Something unexpected can and will pop up, despite the best made plans.  I can expect it to be an emotionally charged time, even if the move is highly anticipated.  There are good things about every place we weren't fond of living in.  There have been bad things about every place we loved.  The good always outweighed the bad.

June of this year we will have lived in Tucson 9 years.  That is the longest amount of time by far, of any of the places we've lived in.  We always get itchy at the 3 year mark, wondering if, when and where we might be going to next?  We didn't go starkers during 9 years in Tucson because Mark spent 2 years in London and I flew back and forth to see him there.

You think you're settling down somewhere and "this is the place".  Well, there's a saying I like that goes "If you want to make God laugh, tell him you made plans."  You never know what may be in the works-a family issue, a life change or a fantastic job opportunity that has to be taken.  

We survived all the moves we made and we'll survive this one.  We'll lean on each other and try to maintain our sense of humor. If all else fails,we'll resort to drinking because we have to.  The movers won't transport liquor anyway.