Miss Me?

Yes, I know, I’ve been gone forever and I really don’t have a very good excuse other than being busy.

For one thing I’m moving! Yea me! Seriously, yea me. During the tail end of my marriage my husband convinced me to move from San Francisco to Santa Cruz (about 1 ½ hours south of SF). I had lived in Santa Cruz before and vowed never to return…well, okay, I wanted to return for visits because my family was there but I never wanted to live there again. For one thing I’m a city girl and Santa Cruz is only a city in the loosest sense of the world. No matter how big it gets it always feels like a small town. Some people love that. I don’t. For another, it’s too close to my family. I love my family but I’ve always known that if I lived near them I would lean on them too much and then end up resenting them for my own dependence. Yes, I know I need therapy but there you have it. Anyhoo, I gave in to my now ex-husband’s request for no other reason than the fact that I had a child to think of. San Francisco’s school system is notoriously messed up and we were living in a one bedroom apartment three floors up….no elevator. Not an ideal living arrangement for a young couple with a baby. So, despite deep reservations, I agreed to move back to Santa Cruz….next door to my mother and stepfather.

As most of you know, I’m not married anymore. My ex left me with a load of debt and credit so bad that finding a new place to live was next to impossible. Many have pointed out that if I hadn’t lived so close to my parents I would have had a much more difficult time finding childcare. In fact I might have not been able to write the books I wrote because I wouldn’t have been able to afford the childcare that I needed in order to pursue a career as novelist. What would I have done when my son’s preschool didn’t work out (that would be preschool number 3 we won’t even get into the first two failures)?

All of this is true and yet here I am, feeling resentful, suffocated and restless.

Well I finally got my finances and life together enough to move. I’m moving to a new city with a renowned school district that is located within a few blocks of one of California’s biggest cities. To quote my friend, “You can always judge a town by what kind of chain stores are located there. Everybody has a Gap but only the best have a Sur La Table.”

In two weeks I’ll be living within a five minute drive to a Sur La Table.

I feel like I’m reclaiming my life and finally rejecting the life somebody else tried to thrust upon me. And my son is pretty excited too. Yes, he’s a little apprehensive about leaving his long time home but he’s also thrilled to be moving into an apartment building with a pool, lots of kids and an on site manager who gives the kids fresh baked cookies every Friday. Do I know how to pick ‘em or what?

So by now you’re probably wondering where exactly I’m moving. I can’t tell you that. Yes, I know how that sounds but you’re going to have to trust me on this. Eventually I’ll be able to shout it from the rooftops but not yet so bear with me.

And next time you indulge in a glass of wine or a cocktail I hope you’ll join me in a virtual toast---to Life, Liberty, And The Pursuit of Happiness.

Those three goals hold up no matter what country you’re from.

Kyra Davis
Bestselling Author of:
SEX, MURDER AND A DOUBLE LATTE,
PASSION, BETRAYAL AND KILLER HIGHLIGHTS
and
SO MUCH FOR MY HAPPY ENDING
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