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[violachic]

Today I drove to Indiana with my mom to check out a couple of places she is thinking of moving to when she retires next year. One is in Goshen, and is a community sponsorted by the Mennonites, and the other is in North Manchester, sponsored by the Church of the Brethren. I think she is going to end up in Goshen. Although she knows more Brethren, and has a very close friend who will probably also end up in North Manchester, the two of us agree that the Goshen community is nicer, and it has less restrictions- the least of which being that they allow cats, so she can bring Princess Anastasia with her. All we need now is the final vote of pheret1. After we took the tour of the two places, and headed back up through Goshen to double check the first place, we ended up at a nice Amish restaurant (gee, an Amish restaurant in Northern Indiana? You don't say!) for dinner. 'Twas good- I couldn't finish my pie, but now four hours later I find myself able to polish it off so it didn't go bad in the fridge. I know, what a self-sacrifice.

Its odd to think of our family being more than twenty minutes away from each other. Except for the time I was in school in MN, none of us four has ever lived more than about a twenty minute drive from each other, and now we're within three blocks. But it appears to be time. The only one I worry about is my dad. I think he's really used to having someone around, and even though my parents split about four and a half years ago, they're still good friends. Its going to make family holidays weird, that's for sure- especially once my sister and I are at the point where we're married or something and have other families to have responsibilities to. But... change is good, right?

Actually, I am really excited for her. Its a really nice community, and she can probably even get a job as an adjunct faculty member at Goshen College.


I have a feeling the next year and a half or so is going to get very interesting.

Comments

[earle29.livejournal.com]

You are kidding!! Goshen?? I live in South Bend, not too far from there. As a matter of fact, I used to teach cello lessons at Goshen High School. Goshen is a nice town. I like it.

[violachic.livejournal.com]

That's right..... as we drove past the South Bend exit, I waved at you and Jess, and my mennonite buddy Dusty and his wife. Goshen does seem like a very nice town, and I like Goshen college a lot. Its a good chance that's where she'll be moving in about a year.

[lucky22babe.livejournal.com]

I didn't know your mom was retiring next year or that she was planning on moving. How does the rest of the fam feel about that?

[dustytm.livejournal.com]

Let me guess: You ate at Das Dutchman Essenhaus, didn't you? :)

And you can wave at me all you want, but remember that I live in South Bend.

[violachic.livejournal.com]

We certainly did. It was nice.

I do remember you live in South Bend, I waved towards it from the highway. Although I know its not exactly right ON the highway...

I actually have two other friends who live in South Bend on LJ- opera1 and earle29. In case you're interested :)