Thanks for the good wishes - there are some things to iron out - like leaving my cats behind for a short time while I go down there and find a place, then figure out how to keep this place looked after while I'm away since I don't want to sell it just yet. I wimped out on telling my mother today when I went to her house for lunch - telling myself that it is not yet a done deal, so why push it? - but mostly realizing that I just didn't know how to say it yet (just coming out with it doesn't work with my mother, I need to 'marshall my arguments' for the pros and cons) and yes, I know that I am a grown up, but she's still my mother - right?!

Anyway, I'm waiting to hear back from the contracting company with final details, and then I'll believe it.

More on this story as it breaks.

R