I've been in the DC area just a couple of short weeks now. I love the climate...the trees shedding their leaves...the squirrels in MA & Robt's yard...playing with C as her mom has labor pains, then not, then labor pains again...shopping for apts on Craigslist...imagining that I can take a train to my next work location...imagining that I can actually *live* without a car...knowing that I may live in a "red state" but it's damn close to blue...and just so much more.

I needed, and am glad for, this new direction in my life.