worldbound4now
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July 3rd I said goodbye to my wife, daughters, and mother-in-law as they took off ahead of me in the AM headed for our new home.... Grapevine TX. At 4pmPST I left my home, empty and silent, locking the door with all keys and door openers at the property manager, and headed off for TX. I arrived in Grapevine at 6:00PM CST and had enough time to unpack basics and watch fireworks over Lake Grapevine. My two year old expected it again the next several nights at "our new house".
The trip over was rather uneventful, with a short stop in Albuquerque, NM for a few hours rest. No pictures... sorry.... I was too busy riding.
We're settled into our home and I started my new job yesterday which involved 6 hours of tests, today were more tests and skills demonstrations (I'm a ED/Trauma Nurse) along with some lecture time, and tomorrow is more time sitting on my ass while someone talks to me trying to teach me all about what I've been doing for the past decade.
While spacing off during the day I began to think a scary thought.....
I live in an area where I can load up the jog stroller with the kids or head out solo and in about two minutes I'm on a quiet, paved, winding lakeside road/trail where I can find a place of serenity. A five minute walk (with a 2 year old) the other direction and we're at a decent park with a pool, large kids play area, and other recreation available. The location is quiet. The neighbors are nice so far, and the heat really is tolerable. I kinda like it here. It's no wonder 9 million people live in the north texas metroplex.
My commute involves a drone down 114 to the center of Dallas to BUMC that keeps me on my toes but the people here drive in quite an oddly polite manner. So polite that it's scary. I'm used to over-aggressive coffee drinking cell phone talking soccer moms who are reaching back to grab their unrestrained litter of children in the back of their f'n gas guzzling greenhouse gas pumping SUV.
Now, the SUVs and large trucks exist here, but people seem to acknowledge others on the road. Most people seem to just mosey along at a steady pace similar to their neighbors. Frustrating if you're in a hurry, but not many people seem to be in a hurry. I have yet to hit my first full-on dead stop traffic jam yet though. I'm sure attitudes will change at that time.
The temp, up in the low 100's, is surprisingly more tolerable here than it was in Las Vegas. The air is so dry in souhern NV that you get no sweat on your body at freeway speeds..... I felt like a baked potato flying down the freeway in NV just waiting to get home. The sweat here starts to evaporate and actually works to cool as designed. Granted, I'm soaked when I arrive home at 4:30 or 5pm but don't feel as hot as I did in the NV sun.
All in all I'm glad to be here and hope my good start-off to our new home continues as it is now.
Just had to let someone know
The trip over was rather uneventful, with a short stop in Albuquerque, NM for a few hours rest. No pictures... sorry.... I was too busy riding.
We're settled into our home and I started my new job yesterday which involved 6 hours of tests, today were more tests and skills demonstrations (I'm a ED/Trauma Nurse) along with some lecture time, and tomorrow is more time sitting on my ass while someone talks to me trying to teach me all about what I've been doing for the past decade.
While spacing off during the day I began to think a scary thought.....
I live in an area where I can load up the jog stroller with the kids or head out solo and in about two minutes I'm on a quiet, paved, winding lakeside road/trail where I can find a place of serenity. A five minute walk (with a 2 year old) the other direction and we're at a decent park with a pool, large kids play area, and other recreation available. The location is quiet. The neighbors are nice so far, and the heat really is tolerable. I kinda like it here. It's no wonder 9 million people live in the north texas metroplex.
My commute involves a drone down 114 to the center of Dallas to BUMC that keeps me on my toes but the people here drive in quite an oddly polite manner. So polite that it's scary. I'm used to over-aggressive coffee drinking cell phone talking soccer moms who are reaching back to grab their unrestrained litter of children in the back of their f'n gas guzzling greenhouse gas pumping SUV.
Now, the SUVs and large trucks exist here, but people seem to acknowledge others on the road. Most people seem to just mosey along at a steady pace similar to their neighbors. Frustrating if you're in a hurry, but not many people seem to be in a hurry. I have yet to hit my first full-on dead stop traffic jam yet though. I'm sure attitudes will change at that time.
The temp, up in the low 100's, is surprisingly more tolerable here than it was in Las Vegas. The air is so dry in souhern NV that you get no sweat on your body at freeway speeds..... I felt like a baked potato flying down the freeway in NV just waiting to get home. The sweat here starts to evaporate and actually works to cool as designed. Granted, I'm soaked when I arrive home at 4:30 or 5pm but don't feel as hot as I did in the NV sun.
All in all I'm glad to be here and hope my good start-off to our new home continues as it is now.
Just had to let someone know
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