Well as some may already know, I am moving from to Tennessee! My summer literally is taken up by college and moving. This will mark my 7th move ever made, and my mother’s 20th move. I am moving from a place that only has around 7,000 people to a place with 34,000 people.

There are perks to moving to Tennessee, and there are some downfalls. Here are the differences.

Virginia

• Small population
• High elevation – rougher winters
• Shopping malls are within an hour away
• Very low employment opportunity
• Closer to family
• Mountainous
• Bigger fixer-up house with 2 acres of hilly and steep land
• No significant attractions except for a few historical locations
• College is here

Tennessee

• High population
• Low elevation - hotter climate
• Shopping malls and restaurants are within minutes away
• Very high employment opportunity
• Away from family
• Rolling Hills
• Smaller remodeled house with ½ acre of flat land
• Located near a very large and vast lake
• College classes can be online, but I will end up traveling two hours to VA due to possible graduation postponing if I were to switch, as the schedule is not the same and not flexible

My main reason for wanting to start over in Tennessee is to find a career that better utilizes my skills learned from college. My mom and I want to move out of the house that my dad died in, though it’s farther away from family… but most of them are dying out and are up in age. Ever since I have lived in Virginia for 7 years, I have been at my unhappiest. I have made no friends, I love the peacefulness but leads me to feel even more alone, the taxes are outrageous, my high school years were bad because I had to fit into the click to be accepted (I never qualified), and the mountain curves can be nauseous. Though it sounds like moving to Tennessee is a dream come true, is it really the right thing to do? Yes, it is a question that only I can answer with time, but is it right to move away from family and mother’s friends? Is it better to move to a location that is more liable to get robbed due to the higher population? Is it right to move away from college when I’m so close to graduating in December? What do you all think... though it probably doesn't matter? It is a hard situation to come up against.

I haven’t been playing any games lately, and my anime reviews and watching has come to a halt. E3 wasn’t good this year and didn’t meet my expectations. I miss being on GB, and I want to play games again before life feels like it is over… though it already does feel like it’s over since my dad passed. =-(

I guess that’s all I got to say… Laters,

Tyler