Last Blog From Clarksville

It's almost time for the train to leave the station.

The movers will be here about 8:30.  The Clark Road house is sold.  The Glenwood house is bought.  The Acosta house is rented.  The Chinese fire drill of a move begins.

Living in the boonies out here in the wild outskirts of Pierce County has not been all bad.  The dogs have had a good size yard to roam in.  The house we lived in here had a very good design and layout,  There are a lot of good memories here.  Benjamin grew up here from Kindergarten to 6th grade.

We have had a number of parties and celebrations here, including Alison's mother Rose's 60th birthday bash.We have had good friends over, like the Becks, the Powers and the Cooks.  Benjamin has had sleepovers with his friends here.

We enclosed the garage, which just got us used to a bigger house.  And found out that when you have the room for more stuff.....you get more stuff.

The Internet blows chunks out here, but direct TV has been good.  The DVR has been one of the greatest inventions of my lifetime (at least for me).

It is the last house that my mother and father will veer see us living in.  My mother is dead, and my father too frail to ever leave Michigan.  We have a number of loved pets buried in the back.

All in all, not a bad stay.  It's all good when you're with the ones you love.  And where we're going to, we get to maintain all our family and friends.  We will be closer to Alison's father and mother.  She will be walking distance from her work, and Benjamin will be within walking distance from the library and some great places to exercise.  All our good friends will be able to find us.  I will continue to work and do theater in Waycross, just slightly closer than I was before.

Soon the movers will be here, and I will have to take down the computer, not knowing when exactly it will be put back up and the new Internet provider up and running.  I will do what I can to maintain The Strait Line, but if it goes dark for a little while, it is not a permanent leaving.  It is just a brief pause as we take the last train from Clarksville (Clark Rd), and begin the process of rooting somewhere else.