The Move

I recently got a note from a friend announcing that they were moving cross country. It's a dramatic gesture, and a uniquely American one. People in other countries migrate. We embark.

It's been thirty months since we made our own cross country move. At times stressful, exciting and harrowing, it can still feel like we are on this grand adventure and will be forced to return to real life at any time.

But we are getting to the point that this is real life. Our youngest has now officially spent more time living in Seattle than she did in Maryland, and the oldest is only a year away from the same. I found myself indifferent to the beginning of the Ravens' season. Slowly we are more in tune with the local weather trends (the start of Vitamin D supplement season) than we are those back east (mold allergy season).

So, given you ever undertake such an adventure as we have, I can now say there are five things you should know about moving cross country: