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Less then 3 weeks

Soo its now officially summer which means my move to Florida is coming up quick.  I have a couple of of things that have been on my mind of late. Mainly just trying to figure out the best driving route to take and how many hours of driving a day I can realistically do. My best is 9 hours of driving and then I had to work a JV baseball game that day ( don't have to worry about that).  My thinking is that I will attempt to get from VT to NJ.. then from NJ-Virginia-VA-NC and finally NC to FL, but we shall see depending on how far I am able to make it on the initial day
 It's an adventure that I am ready for but yet I am also totally scared shitless because for the past 5 years all I know is my home town with a couple of trips to NYC, Boston and my last adventure which was to FL for Umpire School.
Over the past few months I have slowly realized that I have grown as a person matured ( at least I think so)  and that as much as I love my life here in the Upper Valley and all my friends, and family that I have here I will always love and treasure my times and friendships with you.
 However,  I have realized that in order to pursue my career as an Umpire I have to move down to a location where baseball is played year round. Sadly here Umpiring maybe lasts a couple months at a time and with the lack of players-lack of teams- lack of opportunities to work makes trying to make a living/career as an Umpire here very difficult to achieve.

  Which leads  leads to  my next next chapter in my life, and I am ready for this next adventure .    When I went to Umpire School, in February I had hopes/wishes/thoughts of getting a job in Minor League baseball or another association and working my way up. Sadly that didn't happen due to multiple reasons but I was able to make some contacts and things just slowly went from there.
  I  am hoping once I set up residency in FL that I will register to become a Florida High School Umpire and start working my way up the ranks and hopefully within a couple years maybe will become a College Umpire.  

 I want to say how much all of your friendships/support/ love/ mean to me and that even though I may not be close by to visit you I will always treasure and remember my times with each and everyone of you !! I also hope to be able to see as many of you before I leave on July 23rd.  I am having a farewell party ( I am happy to give as many of you readers location and time if you are interested) and hope that even though I may not be near by as I said, that we stay in touch !!


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