So, we've left Washington and are now in California. Not in my own home yet, but we're working on it. In the mean time, a little goodbye and hello....
* goodbye pine trees...hello palm trees (but really, there's more scrub oaks than anything).
* goodbye rain...hello sun.
* goodbye green...hello brown.
* goodbye being in the racial majority...hello being in the racial minority
* goodbye no state income tax...hello state income tax.
* goodbye people-who-accepted-my-family-of-7...hello people-freaking-out-about-my-family-of-7.
* goodbye expensive housing...hello ridiculously expensive housing.
* goodbye known...hello unknown.
* goodbye pine trees...hello palm trees (but really, there's more scrub oaks than anything).
* goodbye rain...hello sun.
* goodbye green...hello brown.
* goodbye being in the racial majority...hello being in the racial minority
* goodbye no state income tax...hello state income tax.
* goodbye people-who-accepted-my-family-of-7...hello people-freaking-out-about-my-family-of-7.
* goodbye expensive housing...hello ridiculously expensive housing.
* goodbye known...hello unknown.