TAKING FLIGHT

The Odyssey Begins

January 12, 2013

The car pulls out of Hollister Ca, not free from tears and a huge amount of uncertainty of what the next few months holds. Honestly, I thought by having the home in Hollister we would be back and forth quite a bit. This made leaving a lot less evasive. We had already moved out of our dream home in the country, into a home in town. First time in town with neighbors. Surprisingly it was fun and the kids adjusted easily not having the usual morning chores such as gathering eggs and cleaning the pig pens.   Five hours later we reached our destination; Los Angeles California.

Tired and exhausted from the emotions and the physical exhaustion of packing we managed to get dinner down the street at Islands. Burgers and salads we devoured our meal and drug our bodies back to our new domain. Not a home, yet by any stretch of the imagination. 

The next several weeks and months became a blur, partly due to the fact that I was not thrilled to be away from our familiar.  Continuing to do school the kids adjusted to homeschooling in a smaller home and with a completely offbeat schedule.  NOTHING, was the same.  I began submitting constantly for auditions, and lost myself in the relentless Pilot Season.  Getting absorbed in this, i discovered later kept me from missing home. Although there were several trips home to Hollister during this time period. Which was ducky for me but tore the kids every time we would leave to come back to L.A.  

Homeschooling  had turned into isolation in L.A. Honestly it was not Hollister, we knew no one. I began to think there were no friendly souls in this area.  Having bought an XBOX, for Christmas turned into a blessing even though I had fought it for years. Playing with friends form home and making new ones.  It was clear that going to school would be best the following Fall.  So we kept moving towards our goal and made it through Pilot Season. And then we began to breathe literally......