I can’t believe it’s been six days since I last posted an entry to my blog. Tomorrow we head home to Michigan.

When wrote last Tuesday, we were planning to go to the lip sync evening at the South Club. It was fun time.

Actually we’ve tried to cram in a lot of stuff in the past few days. We went to our buddy Bob’s for dinner, had him over here for dinner, went to a Halloween party Thursday, spent yesterday at Busch Gardens and today we said our good-byes at the pool.

So much has happened since I got down here at the end of August. That was just a little over two months ago, yet it seems that it’s been ages. Everything has shifted. It was all prompted because I lost my mother. That changed everything. We were forced to decide if we wanted to buy a place of our own. It wasn’t an easy call. Places mean responsibility. We enjoyed the time we spent over the past four years, but part of that enjoyment was because I was able to be with and spend time with Mom. Would we like it without that motivation?

We decided Sun City Center is a good choice for us. Our condo isn’t palatial. It’s not new, it’s sparcely furnished, but we like it. We’re now pretty much settled. It’s getting harder to leave this life and go back home.

We love our northern friends and relatives. But now many Florida friends have become special to us and like family. There’s really no way to compare. Life here is easy and relaxed. Up north it’s familiar and part of our roots.

We’ll be back in Michigan by Thursday afternoon.

“Good Lord willing,” as my grandma used to say.