The wheel of the year has turned twice since I wrote about the Star Magnolia, and again the talk is of moving. This time, the move is imminent. Tomorrow I finish packing the trailer and call for the driver to pick it up.
Then I pack up the dogs and my mom and my houseplants. Er. Let me rephrase that: My mom and my dogs and... er. anyway. Mom and I pack up the dogs and the houseplants and pile into the van for the cross-country road show. Spring has finally come to Michigan, creeping in from the corners all flushed and overheated. We've been welcoming the sun these past few days. I won't complain about the heat. Good Ol'Michigan. Rowdy seasons are always a trademark. It's hard to say goodbye with spring busting up out of the ground.
But this move will be a good one. Arizona's sunny clime will be kinder to me than Michigan's beautiful green forests and blue lakes ever were. I need the sun to stay on the chipper side. Michigan is one of the cloudiest states in the Union.
The sewer saga finally resoved itself, with the help of several scads of money liberally floated across the waters. Handiman Dan will be back one more time to do a final grade of the lot and pick up his mini-dozer and shovel.
Tomorrow I turn the page, and start writing from a new perspective.
That should be an interesting trip, Jenn - with you and your mom wrangling plants and pups across the middle of the country.
April should be a nice time for the drive, much more pleasant that moving Southwest in late July the way we did. Is this a good time to see the desert in bloom?
Good luck and I hope you have fun,
Annie
Posted by: Annie in Austin | April 22, 2007 at 11:24 PM
Have a great trip, and I hope you enjoy your new home in Arizona.
Posted by: Carol | April 23, 2007 at 04:04 AM
It's one of the things I love about America - that people can just pack up and move across the country and start all over.
I was thinking about it this weekend when I was driving. There is a town near here that claims that Billy the Kid was not shot and killed - he moved to Texas and died of old age in that particular little town.
Probably not. But I like the sentiment. Not that I am comparing anybody to an outlaw you understand.
On the other side, I have walked away from gardens that I've spent years working on and that's hard too.
Good luck in Arizona.
Posted by: bill | April 23, 2007 at 10:20 AM
have a good journey :) see you and your mom and the babies soon.
Posted by: wakarusa | April 23, 2007 at 05:59 PM
Thank you, Mz W, for taking a part of your day and sharing. It was GREAT to meet and greet you two. Well worth the trip!
Posted by: Jenn | April 25, 2007 at 08:01 PM
Good luck in your next adventure! I hope to never have to move from where I am now, but I still cannot bring myself to plant a rare cutleaf tanbark oak in the ground. Just in case. Because no one else could possibly care for that tree properly, you know. :)
Posted by: Molly | April 27, 2007 at 05:33 PM
Jenn,
We will miss you in MIchigan.
I hope Arizona turns out to be all you hope for. I will look forward to your new postings.
Posted by: zoey | April 27, 2007 at 06:54 PM
Wow - that's quite a trek - and a whole new way of gardening, I'd imagine. Can't wait to read your Arizona stories!
Posted by: Heavy Petal | May 06, 2007 at 01:31 PM