Originally posted by DocRafiki
PW -- I might have missed it, but what prompted you to go ahead and decide to move? You're going to finish out the school year, right?
As for me, the pain was determined to be a pulled muscle.
I'm glad it's just a pulled muscle, Jen!! Geez...I remember getting a zinger of a pain every now and then a few years ago. I felt somewhat better when I was with a friend of mine and she got a zinger herself!
Welcome to your 30s! LOL! Hope that muscle is back to itself soon.
Let me see if I can get the beginning of my list from another thread on here. It gives some of my reasons. And yes, I'm planning to finish out the school year for both me and my son. I'm hoping to have all the timing right to move this summer! I've got to seriously get some slacked off house cleaning done this weekend so I can have the realtor come in and take a look.
I visited my former boss at the hospital yesterday. She was asking me what's different about going up now as opposed to the last time I went. What makes me think I won't come running back here.
Number one...I DON'T HAVE A JOB TO COME RUNNING BACK TO! LOL! I did last time. She agreed with that!
Number two...A younger population! Important when you will consider remarrying! Tired of the senior population of FL! LOL!
Number three...Everyone I came across was friendly, polite, and even helpful! Unlike where I live where they bump into you without saying "excuse me." Which, by the way, some woman did to me in the food store with her cart the other day! And when I stared her down (not nice, I know) she didn't even look at me. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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Number four...Better paying jobs! Not only that...they have PENSION PLANS at the companies there. From my experience in FL, there are only 401K's. Not pension plans. At least not at the companies I've worked for the past 15 years.
Number five...I would be close to the gorgeous beach, can be in Virginia Beach in the blink of an eye, and can visit the mountains (which I REALLY miss) west of Richmond!! Florida beaches are nice, but I don't get there often enough. And I MISS the mountains!!!
Number six...I would be a 4 to 5 hour drive from my sister in Northern VA. Much better than having to hop on a plane or train from FL.
Number seven...Possibly take classes at the College of William and Mary! For some reason, that school has appealed to me since I was a kid. And I've never even been there. After talking to my former boss yesterday, I hear it's beautiful! Her daughter seriously considered going there but ended up going in Gainesville.
Number eight...I would REALLY like to work for a company that does government work/contracting. I find it soooooooooooo interesting!!
Number nine...A change in seasons. I still can't figure out what month it is without looking at a calendar in FL because most months are HOT! LOL! Spring, Summer, Fall, and the dreaded Winter sound lovely.
Number ten...I REALLY love Williamsburg also and would love being so close and able to go often. After all, when I was there a couple weeks ago, I bought Annual Passes for me and Richard!!! I need to go back!
Number eleven...A private parochial school is about 1/2 what I pay for son's equivalent school in FL! And the fees are less! Registration/Reregistration fees at the school I looked into were $50-$75. At Richard's school...$250!!! That's right...Two HUNDRED fifty dollars. Don't forget books, uniforms, donations, fund raisers, etc. Can't afford to send him next year at almost $5,000 a year!
Number twelve...Fifteen years in FL is long enough. I'm overdue for a change!
Number thirteen...Just looking at all the gorgeous military guys walking around! Some must be eligible bachelors.
Are those 13 reasons good enough to start a list? I can come up with others. Talking with my former boss yesterday, she told me that her first husband was in the Navy. They lived in Norfolk and she LOVED it! The pace, the lifestyle, etc. She told me to live there. LOL! I want to go, I want to go. Geezzz...have to sell the FL villa first.
There you go...the beginning of my list.
Have a GREAT time!
My sister had surgery a couple days ago and was on Tylenol #3 with codeine herself. Her boyfriend told her she was funny. Ha! 
