I was much more on top of this one. It has been arduous & has taken at least 48 hours more than I had planned. I have bruises all over my body. My muscles are sore and I really should be asleep at this hour. But all in all it was one of the best moves I've managed in my life. Today as I was carrying a particularly precariously balanced muddy mail bag of automotive jacks I found myself hard pressed to think of another place I've lived as long as we've lived in Santa Monica. We lived in the dearly departed apartment for 5 years and two months. All in all I've been a resident of Santa Monica for 8 years. I started living in Santa Monica in 1997 as a homeless person. I left in 2005 with my head held high, a good job with a great company, a thriving daughter and deepening ties to the community.
I think I'm going to really love Venice as, at first blush, it is more my speed. But it gives me great pain that we were ultimately forced out of Santa Monica. So it goes. It was a good run.
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