Unquiet Desperation

photo credit: Old Shoe Woman
Forgive me for not writing sooner. Things were crazy, exciting, and exhausting ever since New Mexico, and blogging fell completely off the radar.
So…looking back…

We spent a night in Flagstaff, AZ, and met up with Evo Terra and his better half, Sheila, for some fabulous pizza. I want to say [...]

photo credit: lumierefl
We’re here. All is finally settling down. Sorry for not blogging, but after three days crazed activity and some customer service calls, we only JUST for the phone/DSL working.
Lengthy post tomorrow to explain what’s been happening.

We’ve made it to Tucumcari, New Mexico.
What a hole.

photo credit: bravofourthree
Holy cow…they have trees here.
That was my first thought when driving through the upper corner of Oklahoma. I know…it’s silly. The mental picture I’ve had of Oklahoma has always been one of dry grass, dust, and weatherbeaten farmhouses standing watch over herds of cattle.
I got the cattle part right. The rest [...]

The second day on the road was much smoother. We decided that the minivan with my wife, my mother-in-law, and kids in it should drive on it’s own, and my father-in-law and I would follow along in his car and the truck. This gave the minivan the ability to stop whenever it needed. [...]

We wanted to get started around 7am. It was an ambitious deadline, and made a very pretty whooshing sound as it flew by. By the time we packed every square inch of our cars with the remaining boxes, luggage, etc. it was about 8:30. We finally rolled out around 9am.
We had three vehicles: one 2007 [...]

rsync -avz -e ssh –exclude=useless_crap /cleveland/house/stuff codeshaman@LosAngeles:/woodland_hills/home/.

photo credit: artnoose
The house transferred today. I am no longer a home owner.
I have mixed feelings about this. Everything little repair is no longer my responsibility, but we won’t be able to change things as much in the new townhouse, since we’re renting.
I will not miss yardwork, however.
My family and I have descended like [...]

My current workspace. It’s the last week in the house, and everything is packed. This is all I have left to work on.
After today, I won’t be working from my house anymore. That’s a strange thought.

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After several days of looking at houses, apartments, and condos, we’ve finally settled on our new place in LA. We’re renting a townhouse at The Summit at Warner Center, and we’re very excited about it. The kids are looking forward to the move, Cathy is thrilled with the new [...]