It Is Finished

So, I finally did it. One week after leaving on our "vacation" to Colorado, I finally told my mother in law that it isn't a vacation. I spirited her granddaughters away to another state, and we're not coming back. If you don't know the whole story, it sounds horribly callous. In some ways, it even feels so to me. The fact is, though, it wasn't a decision made lightly. I have to do what's best for the Clone, Red, and Little Bit. They are happy, and I am optimistic, even as one of my rough patches threatens to descend on me. I haven't found work yet, but it will come when it's time. There are little details for me to work on, but it will all work out in the end. In the meantime, my daughters will finish growing up in a place with cleaner air, better schools, safer neighborhoods, and at least to some degree, more open-minded and tolerant people. (Though I hear the place has a bit of a Republican infestation... give it time, we'll get past that one too...) We eat organic food now, which is an adjustment, I will admit... and I currently occupy the bottom bunk of one set of bunk beds in a room I share with my three daughters, but that's actually oddly comforting. As much time as I've had to spend away from them, being with them this much is a real treat. We're a happy little household, me and the Divas and Mamacita and Spike and Chelle... This is a happy little place, Loveland, Colorado... I think I'm gonna like it here.