The Farewell Tour

Wow...only 4 days until lift off! Crazy! It is unbelievable how fast time flies! Fortunately, much progress has been made since we last blogged. One major occurrence - we closed on our house in North Carolina! Yeah! Not that we know any of the details since the buyer insisted on having the closing at 10:00am (our flight arrived in Raleigh from Austin at 11:15am) and they were not willing to make an exceptions. All we know is that the money was wired to our account, so we assume that everything worked out! It has been over a week now since the closing and we haven't heard anything. You know what they say, no news is good news!

We have been in Ohio since Wednesday, August 1. It has been great to spend time with this side of the family and see our Midwestern friends. The family had a going away party for us in Columbus on Sunday and since then we have been making the rounds in Darke County. We found a storage unit and have been slowly but surely filling it with the few belongings we have left to our name. A special thanks to Stephanie for all of your help in getting us organized! :) Also since we last wrote, Greg's lacrosse team (Los Angeles Riptide) made the playoffs!

So, as I was laying in bed last night (well, every night for the past few weeks for that matter), feeling as if my body had been brutally abused (due to all of the grease I consumed at the state fair earlier that evening) when I finally realized why so many artists and bands do it! Do what you ask? The Farewell Tour....then The Farewell Tour 2, The Farewell Tour One More Time, then The Final Farewell Tour...and on and on...you get the point. Basically, one decides that this will be their 'last hurrah' or their 'final mission' before going separate ways, or parting to embark on new challenges only to discover that they just had the time of their life, and they must do it again! I mean, honestly, I used to make fun of Cher who has had at least a dozen Farewell Tours over the years, but now, I must apologize for those snide remarks as I understand her desire to want to wear the feathered wig just one more time! I mean, what is not to love about life right now! Since July 7, we have been straight up nomads. Traveling from state to state with not much more that the clothes on our back telling ourselves that we have to do this or we must do that because we don't know how long it will be until we get the opportunity to do it again! We could definitely get used to this lifestyle...fortunately for our family and friends across the family (who we have been living with), we do have booked airline tickets marking the official end to the tour. We could start a 'Welcome Back Tour' though when we return.....

Thanks to all of you who have done so much for use and made our Farewell Tour so much fun!