We made it up to the northwest and love it - being back home! The kids still don't know about our separation and we have been here just about 2 months. I love it and feel so liberated and like I have every opportunity open to me and the kids are so active and busy - a nice change. I have them enrolled for school in the fall and am currently looking for a job, which is a bit scary after 11 years being a stay home mom.  Am excited but still a bit nervous - do I still have "it"? Can I carry it off? How do you all do it? What is your favorite job? Did you go back to school? Love to know your answers...please! :)

Well, kids took the news pretty great, we told them me and them (4 of 'em!) are moving in with Grandma and that Daddy will move up there when he is done with work. They are great with that and since Grandma lives in the same town we did before we moved here almost a couple years ago - they can't wait! So, I am busy packing, squeezing in some homeschooling and cleaning - mostly dusting (my most dreaded chore). I am so looking forward to just being me and the kids without a new drama or emotion or crisis. So, we make the drive from southern Riverside County, California (about 2 hours from the Mexico border) all the way up to Portland/Vancouver Oregon/Washington. Can't wait!