Relocating

The open house for Debbie's niece on Saturday was a big success. We managed to get the house all ready and the food all prep'ed without major incident. We finally got everything cleaned up and the house back in order yesterday. The whole thing turned out to be a lot more work than we ever expected, and of course, we have enough food left over to feed a small city.

Today, we ran down to Flint. This is the first time I've been anywhere inside the city limits since we left in 1999. What a mess. The house I grew up in is abandoned, as are about a third of the houses on the street. Most of the businesses are closed and there are large, empty fields where there used to be factories. The only businesses that seem to be thriving are pawn shops and strip clubs. Kind of depressing, but not really unexpected. And it will only get worse over the next few years.

Well, this is just another quick update. We need to go find something to eat other than "open house food." Then tomorrow we pack the car and head on up to see family in the northern part of the state. We will have a "real" internet connection while we are there, so I may be more consistent with the updates. Or not. We'll see.

Later.