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The joy and sorrow of home

In an effort to stop moping around and crying, I'll let you in on a couple secrets. I'm starting a move to XML on this site and my others. Fun, eh? It's part of an effort to make everything more portable.

Also, in reference to the weekend, I'd have to say it was more good than bad. Naladahc and I stopped at my parents' house on the way to the funeral, and thus he was my first friend in the last 9 years to go there. I dont even remember Jen ever being there.

It went better than I expected, and Mom and Dad even invited us back. US... the two of us. I do need to help cut firewood, and Naladahc wants to go meditate in the peace and quiet, so it might actually be soon.

Naladahc got to see a lot of places he's heard me mention, and see why I actually like going home. It's beautiful and quiet. And he got to see the cows. And my old cat. And my dad, mowing hay. My room up in the half-storey. My old closet-sized bedroom.

My mom was actually happy to see us. What a relief.

I showed Naladahc the beautiful houses, the small grocery, my old church, the high school... our friend Rob's old house. The old roads we all used to drive at 70mph.

Today, I went online to research real estate prices. My grandmother's old 3 bedroom has come down from 36000 to 28000. That's damn affordable.... or it would be if someone put the new roof on it and had sured-up the basement. It's still cheap enough I could buy it and move my parents into it.

But, what I'd really like to do is buy the 77-acre farm next door to them and add a new house onto it. Good spring water, a good septic system and acres and acres of trees. A perfect getaway.

Maybe someday.

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