I suppose an explanation is in-order ... last fall I took my parrot and moved to South Florida. I was hoping to regain my health and return to work. Sadly that isn't to be. My body doesn't agree. However the huge amount of sunshine has alleviated my Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) so the move was a good idea = I do need to relocate to the South. This summer I'll be back in upstate New York packing-up the treasures I can't leave behind and selling or giving away the rest. I have a house to sell and pets to relocate. My Golden Retriever is almost 11 and I hope she'll make the move with us this summer. Several years ago Mr. Alpern and I decided that we weren't a great married couple but we could be great friends (with separate bedrooms). So ... now I'm looking for a town where we'll both be happy. I feel that I need to find a location Mr. A can transfer to, he has a good employment record with his current company (and 6 weeks of vacation time each year). We may need to exchange living locations if I find a job for him before the house is sold. I would hate to spend the winter in NY so I hope that someone falls in-love with all of the improvements we've done over the past 11 years and I can kiss all of my beautiful landscaping goodbye before the snow falls for the Winter of 2007/2008.


I've been missing for weeks at a time since last summer when Sugar Smack and I spent 3 weeks in the Florida Keys so I was truly surprised by this ~ http://www.democraticunderground.com/discu... . I plan to send the DUers on auntAgonist's thread a PM thanking them. I miss all of you. Sometimes I go for weeks without talking to anyone except for an occasional call from home. I'm so lonely down here. I need to find a friendlier part of Florida ... so I'm heading to the west coast for a few days next week.


Thank you for asking: "Sorry I am not trying to be nosy or nothing...just a bit concerned, besides, you were always one of the nicer people here in the DU lounge, right up there with CP... ~ and for your complement.