We arrived safely (which you can surmise since I don't think one can post from beyond the grave) in N.C. yesterday evening after a very uneventful day of travel.  Kevin and Steven were kind enough to pick us up and deliver us to Dick and Dotty's house in Cary, N.C.

We arrived after dark, so we didn't get the chance to see the area until today.  After enjoying nibblies and conversation, we toddled off to bed and had a very restful night.  It's very quiet here, even compared to the relative quiet of our isolated house in Orange County (of course...isolated and Orange County being relative terms).

Dan stayed in Cary today with Dick and Dotty while I ran around Chapel Hill with Kevin enjoying lunch, shopping, antique-ing and a preview of his and Steve's gorgeous home (in almost-finished remodel stage).  It was a wonderful welcome to North Carolina.  Lovely people, fun shops and convivial company.

All of which was continued (substituting food for shops) this evening as we had a dinner together at Ruth's Chris to usher in the season.  Very festive indeed.

I did not write a lick on the novel...but I did get in 2400 words yesterday so I was caught up as of this morning.  I will figure out how to get the rest of my words in over the coming days...maybe need to carve out some time while Dan's napping or just count on a marathon writing session the few days following Christmas.  For some reason, this is harder than writing during the Thanskgiving season.

Maybe it's the traveling and the novelty...or the time change!

Anyway, tomorrow's a flea market, possible mattresss shopping, and if I am ambitious, 2400 words on the novel to catch me up again.  Enjoyed a wonderful conversation with Dick about immigration...very thought provoking indeed.  I've been reluctant to write about such a complex issue but he's given me some framework to go from...so who knows.  Maybe in March after the first draft is through, I'll tackle that hot potato.

Off to dreamland again.  Missing the West Coast.  Enjoying N.C.

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