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[mamculuna]

So I'm headed off to close on our new house in Asheville tomorrow. And then I come home and start packing up all the stuff in this one, and then we paint this one and try to sell it. Bill does come back to help in mid-November, and it could be that I won't have it all done by then (you think?)

In many ways, I'm happy about this move--I'm tired of living alone or having Bill complain about living here, and I'm excited about meeting new people and doing new things.

But I've lived in this house for 21 years, and in this city much, much longer than that. It's a big change. It's going to be strange culturally--the mountains are really different from this part of the world. Asheville's a smaller town, but in some ways more cosmopolitan--attracts a lot of artists, craftspeople, etc., and that's what we like about it--that and the beautiful mountains. It's just that I'm so used to knowing everyone here...

Be prepared to hear me whine a bit, over the next few months, when the mountains are really cold and we haven't figured out the ways to keep that house warm.

But tomorrow the leaves should be glorious, and I think I'll be very happy to sign those papers.

Comments

[usedtobeljs]

I know that a change like that will be a wrench... but oh, the good things I hear about Asheville! May the change quickly become a blessing. :-)

[hugs]

[mamculuna.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I just got books on wildflowers and birds up there, and am feeling very cheered.

[kalimeg.livejournal.com]

I hope it's wonderful for you -- and the leaves really are glorious this year. I need to take my camera out with me.

[mamculuna.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I think I'll come to love it--just need a while to get used to it.

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

I've always heard good things about Asheville. Long term, I think you'll like it.

[mamculuna.livejournal.com]

I hope so! I'm always a little slow to make transitions, but I think it will good.

[midnightsjane.livejournal.com]

I don't know much about your part of the world, but I do know how hard it is to leave the familiar and comfortable for the unknown. I'm sure you'll find the change to be for the good, once you're settled!

[mamculuna.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's mostly what it is...leaving the familiar and going into the unknown.

[springheel-jack.livejournal.com]

So pretty there.

[mamculuna.livejournal.com]

It is.

[maeve-rigan.livejournal.com]

I know it's hard to leave places & people you know. Here's hoping your first winter is a mild one and that you & Bill soon feel at home in with a new community.

[mamculuna.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I think after a while, I'll love it.

[graffitiandsara.livejournal.com]

Embrace the new and shiny! New and shiny is really pretty awesome! The move process sucks, but it is awfully nice to be settled in. Good luck with the move, I'm sending go smooth vibes your way.

[mamculuna.livejournal.com]

So true! Thanks. Are you moved yet?

[angeyja.livejournal.com]

I had to track back to find out where you moved to. Missed a lot on LJ this year.

Benni and I have been in the house fourteen years now. I am ready for the place that becomes The Whylands but I think about this soemtimes, and leaving the garden. But they'll be a new garden.

Even within the Albany region there are many different cultural pockets, (Albany in general has a very midwestern air which I've heard from others as well which isn't want non-Albanians think when you mention NY.)

We are in just-past-peak color here. It has the feel of old really good furniture... muted and velvety and rich. When the Hudson River is mellow, the reflection of the banks in the water is almost as clear as as the trees themselves.

We're thinking about heating too. ;-) Maybe shrink wrapping the house... after the remnents of the Entityskunk scent finally wear off. (That does happen.. right?)

[mamculuna.livejournal.com]

It's hard to leave a place--and toleave a part of your old life. For me, there's so much work I did on this house and yard, and I feel like I'm losing all that. But actually I know that soon the new house will be part of me, too. Just takes some time and effort.

Hee, I hadn't thought of you folks as Albanians until now! And shrinkwrapping the house--not a bad idea. We really may do it with one door, until we decide what to do about that door.