Meet the parents.....

Many of you know I moved here in 1999 to get someplace where it doesn't snow. At the time I had several job offers, the Texas State offer was the only one that would get me away from snow. And I chuckled when people told me that when it does snow here, everything else stops. That's actually pretty cool inmy opinion....

The biggest concern I had about moving to Texas was leaving my family. I knew I'd mostly miss my mom and dad, but I also have aunts and uncles and cousins and neices and nephews and brothers and sisters there. Times were going to be different for sure but I figured part of "becoming a man" included making things work on my own.

Now I'm working on trying to convince my parents to move here. Mom is having her second knee replaced in July, and would be down here right now if she could. Dad is just plain old getting old, and really doesn't need the commitment of a house and yard to take care of. While mom is ready to go now, dad isn't quite so sure. Yesterday he told me that he's lived in IA for 70+ years and he wasn't sure he could make that big of change. Honestly that would be kinda scarey. But I reminded him of all the places that are just a few blocks from the house they'd be living in - that seemed to help some. Then I told him I'd give him my TomTom so he could push "home" wherever he was and it would bring him back home.

Thinking of having my parents close again is kind of exciting. When Rick and I move to our new house we'll have the place we're currently in available for them. I like knowing that they will be here - we can have dinner once or twice a week, go to some of the fun activities that Austin has to offer, have family holidays without airfare, etc. Should be fun. Now....help me out.....mentally focus on my dad agreeing to sell everything he owns and leave everything he knows... ;)