Veggie Straws are pretty much my new favorite snackfood.

My favorite part of this picture is that I managed to get the construction sign saying please drive safely, which I was by the way.

Phewf.
I totally spilled the beans. It was on purpose, but the beans have been spilt. The shroud of secrecy has been lifted. We are moving to Salt Lake. I put my transfer papers in today. Funny thing about the migration back to Zion (zy-un, not zy-on), I never really planned on going back. When I left, I left, and that was that. I mean I didn’t really have a plan for anything, but of all the plans I didn’t really have, moving back to the 801 was never even conceivable. Some of the places I have imagined living since leaving include Nevada, California, Alaska, Virginia, New York, Australia and Arizona.

I think I have changed a bit since I left though. I know that I did not really value the concept of family. I have since then changed my opinion somewhat about what is valuable and what is not as far as associations go. The fact that I will be close to my family is one of the many driving factors for the move. I am kind of pumped about the idea of having barbecues with my siblings, and woot woot, our kids. Yep. I am going to be dad and Uncle Pete. I remember liking my uncles when I was growing up. I mean I still do and all, but I have some pretty vivid memories of things like Thanksgiving and family reunions and other parties when I was still a little kid. I am pretty pumped about being one of those cool memories for my sibling’s kids.

I am excited about experiencing familiar surroundings with a different mindset. I am not going to be visiting many of my old haunts, and the ones I do visit will be with a different goal in mind. I am curious to see what sort of emotions I experience as I reacquaint myself with my hometown.

I am going to miss San Diego… kind of… I think I am going to miss the people I have met more than the city. It has been a rough couple months because I have finally started making friends and now that I am developing a social life outside of my marriage I am leaving it all behind. I have been part of a management team for most of my tenure in SD, and as a result I have not really been able to get too close with pretty much everybody that I work with outside of work. I have worked on breaking down my isolated mentality over the last year since the layoff, and have had some pretty cool results. I am not excited about starting all over.

Anyway… our family will be moving to Utah in February. Cool. Not as cool Jason, but still pretty cool. I have many thoughts on the subject, but am having trouble organizing them. I am sure there will be plenty more to read on this subject over the next month or so.

-p