On Climate and Moving After yet another Rochester winter, Vivi and I feel even more desire to move somewhere nicer. After visiting my parents living in western North Carolina, it seems an ideal place - not too hot, very sunny and usually dry, beautiful scenery. So Vivi started talking it up to her parents at dinner the other night, but didn't get very far. It would be hard to pack up and leave her family behind.I think I could work my job to a point where I could move to NC and continue working here via telecommuting. Most of my peers are telecommuters from around the country, and I used to be one too, till I got moved to a sister group with a manager who demands physical presence. But it looks like things will change soon on that score, and in any case, I won't be ready to move for a few years - by then, the chances of working out such an arrangement seem likely. Provided the company itself is still around.The thought of living somewhere where winter doesn't last 5-6 months of the year is enticing, and this past weekend only reinforced that feeling, as it rained non-stop, and even our "sunny" days are merely less darkly overcast days in reality. But we call them sunny.The main problem is we want to convince Vivi's parents to move with us - her brother is already in NC. Their main objections seem to be: bugs, quality of food, and social climate (are they all rednecks down there? :-) Vivi and I are pretty much sold on the idea though - we want sun!

After yet another Rochester winter, Vivi and I feel even more desire to move somewhere nicer. After visiting my parents living in western North Carolina, it seems an ideal place - not too hot, very sunny and usually dry, beautiful scenery. So Vivi started talking it up to her parents at dinner the other night, but didn't get very far. It would be hard to pack up and leave her family behind.

I think I could work my job to a point where I could move to NC and continue working here via telecommuting. Most of my peers are telecommuters from around the country, and I used to be one too, till I got moved to a sister group with a manager who demands physical presence. But it looks like things will change soon on that score, and in any case, I won't be ready to move for a few years - by then, the chances of working out such an arrangement seem likely. Provided the company itself is still around.

The thought of living somewhere where winter doesn't last 5-6 months of the year is enticing, and this past weekend only reinforced that feeling, as it rained non-stop, and even our "sunny" days are merely less darkly overcast days in reality. But we call them sunny.

The main problem is we want to convince Vivi's parents to move with us - her brother is already in NC. Their main objections seem to be: bugs, quality of food, and social climate (are they all rednecks down there? :-) Vivi and I are pretty much sold on the idea though - we want sun!