OMG, I'm going to kill somebody. I have to send a proposal to the feds by 4pm, but I just realized I have to download a program in order to do it, and of course the install doesn't work, and then tech support was completely unhelpful. Turns out, I had called the wrong tech support, but I don't know why she didn't just say that in the first place!

Sounds like it's time for a little vigilante cowgirl justice.

Wait, I've been to the desert twice -- part of the reason I didn't like Las Vegas was that I was in the desert but I couldn't tell until we went for a long drive.

I find it nearly impossible to contemplate not living near the ocean (or at least a very large, if not Great, lake).

Granted, I also find it nearly impossible to contemplate living outside of New England.

The one exception to the first rule would be Vermont, since it's the only landlocked New England state. So far, I haven't found any exceptions to the second (though my travels out of NE have been decidedly limited).

Yeah, I found the lack of water very hard to adjust to in Atlanta.

The one exception to the first rule would be Vermont, since it's the only landlocked New England state.

Has a big ole lake though so it isn't even a real exception!

I am also a New England girl, but I could certainly be tempted to become a NoCA or Pacific NW girl.

I like being around the ocean.

Unless I am on a freeway with signage or dancing to "Stand" by REM, I never know what direction I am facing at any given time. I can not follow directions that use North, East, etc. I need Right, Left, Forward. I am directionally challenged.

(And a cluesticking for the techsupport idjit)

Aw, she wasn't even an idiot, she just couldn't help me with someone else's issue! But she did kind of try. And she did give me the right number to call next.

It was only recently that I realized I'd never lived anywhere of my own choosing. It had always been circumstance driving the choice-- like I couldn't afford to go out of state for university and when we lived in Nashville and NE Ohio, it was for school for Lewis. Jax was because family wanted us back down in Florida so they could be closer to our kids.

So, once the kids are out of school, we're gettin' the hell outta Dodge and I get to pick. I think that vacations for the next several years will consist of potential Future Places to Live.

Aw, she wasn't even an idiot, she just couldn't help me with someone else's issue! But she did kind of try. And she did give me the right number to call next.

retracts cluestick::

I love living in Los Angeles, brown air, brown trees and all. I hope I never have to move. This city sings to me.

If I do move, I think I will need to live in some other big city. I like spending time in the wild, and it replenishes my soul when I am there, but I need to live in a city.