The Promised Announcement

I’m taking a relatively rare LJ break in the middle of my work day to finally let the stopper out of some news that’s been bubbling…

We’re headed back down south to the great state of Tennessee! I accepted a new job that will relocate us to Knoxville — a land where I can get my kid a yard, get my mom a bedroom in our house, and get on down to Atlanta in just about three hours.

I will not lie to y’all (See, I’m back!) — I’m nervous. I’ve never lived in a city that small. We love Manhattan. But I suspect we will also love having a cleaning lady, proximity to our families, and significantly more discretionary income (possibly in that order).

224 responses to this post.

  1. Unknown's avatar

    Congrats! I love New York, but raising a kid there would wreck me. When’s it all going down?

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  2. Unknown's avatar

    Congrats! I love New York, but raising a kid there would wreck me. When’s it all going down?

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    • jaysaint's avatar

      Yeah, Manhattan child rearing is an occupation for the outrageously wealthy.
      I’ll be at Redbook for three more weeks and then report in to Scripps in five. We’re putting the apartment on the market next week and we’ll actually move as soon as it sells.

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      • Unknown's avatar

        How long are apartments on the market in Manhattan these days? I haven’t been keeping up with real estate in the Times the last month or so.

      • jaysaint's avatar

        Well, hard to say. Manhattan never takes too hard a hit since the island isn’t going to get any bigger. But it does seem like in the last two weeks an awful lot of apartments in our neighborhood have popped up on the market. My fingers are crossed that it sells so fast that we hardly have time to pack our toothbrushes.

      • Unknown's avatar

        It’ll happen quickly. And they sell toothbrushes in Knoxville; I know they do, because I’ve bought one there.

      • jaysaint's avatar

        Your lips to God’s ears.

      • jaysaint's avatar

        Your lips to God’s ears.

      • jaysaint's avatar

        Your lips to God’s ears.

      • jaysaint's avatar

        Your lips to God’s ears.

      • jaysaint's avatar

        Your lips to God’s ears.

      • jaysaint's avatar

        Your lips to God’s ears.

      • Unknown's avatar

        It’ll happen quickly. And they sell toothbrushes in Knoxville; I know they do, because I’ve bought one there.

      • Unknown's avatar

        It’ll happen quickly. And they sell toothbrushes in Knoxville; I know they do, because I’ve bought one there.

      • Unknown's avatar

        It’ll happen quickly. And they sell toothbrushes in Knoxville; I know they do, because I’ve bought one there.

      • Unknown's avatar

        It’ll happen quickly. And they sell toothbrushes in Knoxville; I know they do, because I’ve bought one there.

      • Unknown's avatar

        It’ll happen quickly. And they sell toothbrushes in Knoxville; I know they do, because I’ve bought one there.

      • jaysaint's avatar

        Well, hard to say. Manhattan never takes too hard a hit since the island isn’t going to get any bigger. But it does seem like in the last two weeks an awful lot of apartments in our neighborhood have popped up on the market. My fingers are crossed that it sells so fast that we hardly have time to pack our toothbrushes.

      • jaysaint's avatar

        Well, hard to say. Manhattan never takes too hard a hit since the island isn’t going to get any bigger. But it does seem like in the last two weeks an awful lot of apartments in our neighborhood have popped up on the market. My fingers are crossed that it sells so fast that we hardly have time to pack our toothbrushes.

      • jaysaint's avatar

        Well, hard to say. Manhattan never takes too hard a hit since the island isn’t going to get any bigger. But it does seem like in the last two weeks an awful lot of apartments in our neighborhood have popped up on the market. My fingers are crossed that it sells so fast that we hardly have time to pack our toothbrushes.

      • jaysaint's avatar

        Well, hard to say. Manhattan never takes too hard a hit since the island isn’t going to get any bigger. But it does seem like in the last two weeks an awful lot of apartments in our neighborhood have popped up on the market. My fingers are crossed that it sells so fast that we hardly have time to pack our toothbrushes.

      • jaysaint's avatar

        Well, hard to say. Manhattan never takes too hard a hit since the island isn’t going to get any bigger. But it does seem like in the last two weeks an awful lot of apartments in our neighborhood have popped up on the market. My fingers are crossed that it sells so fast that we hardly have time to pack our toothbrushes.

      • Unknown's avatar

        How long are apartments on the market in Manhattan these days? I haven’t been keeping up with real estate in the Times the last month or so.

      • Unknown's avatar

        How long are apartments on the market in Manhattan these days? I haven’t been keeping up with real estate in the Times the last month or so.

      • Unknown's avatar

        How long are apartments on the market in Manhattan these days? I haven’t been keeping up with real estate in the Times the last month or so.

      • Unknown's avatar

        How long are apartments on the market in Manhattan these days? I haven’t been keeping up with real estate in the Times the last month or so.

      • Unknown's avatar

        How long are apartments on the market in Manhattan these days? I haven’t been keeping up with real estate in the Times the last month or so.

    • jaysaint's avatar

      Yeah, Manhattan child rearing is an occupation for the outrageously wealthy.
      I’ll be at Redbook for three more weeks and then report in to Scripps in five. We’re putting the apartment on the market next week and we’ll actually move as soon as it sells.

      Reply

    • jaysaint's avatar

      Yeah, Manhattan child rearing is an occupation for the outrageously wealthy.
      I’ll be at Redbook for three more weeks and then report in to Scripps in five. We’re putting the apartment on the market next week and we’ll actually move as soon as it sells.

      Reply

    • jaysaint's avatar

      Yeah, Manhattan child rearing is an occupation for the outrageously wealthy.
      I’ll be at Redbook for three more weeks and then report in to Scripps in five. We’re putting the apartment on the market next week and we’ll actually move as soon as it sells.

      Reply

    • jaysaint's avatar

      Yeah, Manhattan child rearing is an occupation for the outrageously wealthy.
      I’ll be at Redbook for three more weeks and then report in to Scripps in five. We’re putting the apartment on the market next week and we’ll actually move as soon as it sells.

      Reply

    • jaysaint's avatar

      Yeah, Manhattan child rearing is an occupation for the outrageously wealthy.
      I’ll be at Redbook for three more weeks and then report in to Scripps in five. We’re putting the apartment on the market next week and we’ll actually move as soon as it sells.

      Reply

  3. Unknown's avatar

    Congrats! I love New York, but raising a kid there would wreck me. When’s it all going down?

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  4. Unknown's avatar

    Congrats! I love New York, but raising a kid there would wreck me. When’s it all going down?

    Reply

  5. Unknown's avatar

    Congrats! I love New York, but raising a kid there would wreck me. When’s it all going down?

    Reply

  6. Unknown's avatar

    Congrats! I love New York, but raising a kid there would wreck me. When’s it all going down?

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  7. Unknown's avatar

    Congrats! I love New York, but raising a kid there would wreck me. When’s it all going down?

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  8. Unknown's avatar

    Atlanta in three hours, phooey! You’ll be within two of my field site (and closer if I can help it) 🙂
    You know I couldn’t be happier for y’all.

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  9. Unknown's avatar

    Atlanta in three hours, phooey! You’ll be within two of my field site (and closer if I can help it) 🙂
    You know I couldn’t be happier for y’all.

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  10. Unknown's avatar

    Atlanta in three hours, phooey! You’ll be within two of my field site (and closer if I can help it) 🙂
    You know I couldn’t be happier for y’all.

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  11. Unknown's avatar

    Atlanta in three hours, phooey! You’ll be within two of my field site (and closer if I can help it) 🙂
    You know I couldn’t be happier for y’all.

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  12. Unknown's avatar

    Atlanta in three hours, phooey! You’ll be within two of my field site (and closer if I can help it) 🙂
    You know I couldn’t be happier for y’all.

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  13. Unknown's avatar

    Atlanta in three hours, phooey! You’ll be within two of my field site (and closer if I can help it) 🙂
    You know I couldn’t be happier for y’all.

    Reply

  14. Unknown's avatar

    Atlanta in three hours, phooey! You’ll be within two of my field site (and closer if I can help it) 🙂
    You know I couldn’t be happier for y’all.

    Reply

  15. Unknown's avatar

    Dollywood, here we come!!

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  16. Unknown's avatar

    Dollywood, here we come!!

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  17. Unknown's avatar

    Dollywood, here we come!!

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  18. Unknown's avatar

    Dollywood, here we come!!

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  19. Unknown's avatar

    Dollywood, here we come!!

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  20. Unknown's avatar

    Dollywood, here we come!!

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  21. Unknown's avatar

    Dollywood, here we come!!

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  22. Unknown's avatar

    Fantastic! I hope we can actually meet in person when your relocate.
    Your sushi is nearly done. I had to scrap my initial plan because it just looked too fragile for little bitty hands, but my novelty-size toddler sushi is great! I’ll try to get pics posted this evening and then ship out tomorrow.

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  23. Unknown's avatar

    Fantastic! I hope we can actually meet in person when your relocate.
    Your sushi is nearly done. I had to scrap my initial plan because it just looked too fragile for little bitty hands, but my novelty-size toddler sushi is great! I’ll try to get pics posted this evening and then ship out tomorrow.

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    • jaysaint's avatar

      Absolutely. I’m sure we’ll be down in Atlanta with some frequency. And of course we’ll always be happy for aquarium or Gatlinburg dates.
      I can’t wait to see the sushi, I’m sure it’s beyond darling.

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    • jaysaint's avatar

      Absolutely. I’m sure we’ll be down in Atlanta with some frequency. And of course we’ll always be happy for aquarium or Gatlinburg dates.
      I can’t wait to see the sushi, I’m sure it’s beyond darling.

      Reply

    • jaysaint's avatar

      Absolutely. I’m sure we’ll be down in Atlanta with some frequency. And of course we’ll always be happy for aquarium or Gatlinburg dates.
      I can’t wait to see the sushi, I’m sure it’s beyond darling.

      Reply

    • jaysaint's avatar

      Absolutely. I’m sure we’ll be down in Atlanta with some frequency. And of course we’ll always be happy for aquarium or Gatlinburg dates.
      I can’t wait to see the sushi, I’m sure it’s beyond darling.

      Reply

    • jaysaint's avatar

      Absolutely. I’m sure we’ll be down in Atlanta with some frequency. And of course we’ll always be happy for aquarium or Gatlinburg dates.
      I can’t wait to see the sushi, I’m sure it’s beyond darling.

      Reply

    • jaysaint's avatar

      Absolutely. I’m sure we’ll be down in Atlanta with some frequency. And of course we’ll always be happy for aquarium or Gatlinburg dates.
      I can’t wait to see the sushi, I’m sure it’s beyond darling.

      Reply

  24. Unknown's avatar

    Fantastic! I hope we can actually meet in person when your relocate.
    Your sushi is nearly done. I had to scrap my initial plan because it just looked too fragile for little bitty hands, but my novelty-size toddler sushi is great! I’ll try to get pics posted this evening and then ship out tomorrow.

    Reply

  25. Unknown's avatar

    Fantastic! I hope we can actually meet in person when your relocate.
    Your sushi is nearly done. I had to scrap my initial plan because it just looked too fragile for little bitty hands, but my novelty-size toddler sushi is great! I’ll try to get pics posted this evening and then ship out tomorrow.

    Reply

  26. Unknown's avatar

    Fantastic! I hope we can actually meet in person when your relocate.
    Your sushi is nearly done. I had to scrap my initial plan because it just looked too fragile for little bitty hands, but my novelty-size toddler sushi is great! I’ll try to get pics posted this evening and then ship out tomorrow.

    Reply

  27. Unknown's avatar

    Fantastic! I hope we can actually meet in person when your relocate.
    Your sushi is nearly done. I had to scrap my initial plan because it just looked too fragile for little bitty hands, but my novelty-size toddler sushi is great! I’ll try to get pics posted this evening and then ship out tomorrow.

    Reply

  28. Unknown's avatar

    Fantastic! I hope we can actually meet in person when your relocate.
    Your sushi is nearly done. I had to scrap my initial plan because it just looked too fragile for little bitty hands, but my novelty-size toddler sushi is great! I’ll try to get pics posted this evening and then ship out tomorrow.

    Reply

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    I’ve heard Knoxville is pretty nice, if overly decorated in orange. It probably will be a shock after NYC, though, to be sure. But yay for being closer to Atlanta! I really want to meet you and squish Alden.

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  37. Unknown's avatar

    I’ve heard Knoxville is pretty nice, if overly decorated in orange. It probably will be a shock after NYC, though, to be sure. But yay for being closer to Atlanta! I really want to meet you and squish Alden.

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    • jaysaint's avatar

      Yes, the UT sports thing is… omnipresent.
      I’m very excited that we’ll surely get to meet you now, and Alden is ready for his squishing.

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    • jaysaint's avatar

      Yes, the UT sports thing is… omnipresent.
      I’m very excited that we’ll surely get to meet you now, and Alden is ready for his squishing.

      Reply

    • jaysaint's avatar

      Yes, the UT sports thing is… omnipresent.
      I’m very excited that we’ll surely get to meet you now, and Alden is ready for his squishing.

      Reply

    • jaysaint's avatar

      Yes, the UT sports thing is… omnipresent.
      I’m very excited that we’ll surely get to meet you now, and Alden is ready for his squishing.

      Reply

    • jaysaint's avatar

      Yes, the UT sports thing is… omnipresent.
      I’m very excited that we’ll surely get to meet you now, and Alden is ready for his squishing.

      Reply

    • jaysaint's avatar

      Yes, the UT sports thing is… omnipresent.
      I’m very excited that we’ll surely get to meet you now, and Alden is ready for his squishing.

      Reply

  38. Unknown's avatar

    I’ve heard Knoxville is pretty nice, if overly decorated in orange. It probably will be a shock after NYC, though, to be sure. But yay for being closer to Atlanta! I really want to meet you and squish Alden.

    Reply

  39. Unknown's avatar

    I’ve heard Knoxville is pretty nice, if overly decorated in orange. It probably will be a shock after NYC, though, to be sure. But yay for being closer to Atlanta! I really want to meet you and squish Alden.

    Reply

  40. Unknown's avatar

    I’ve heard Knoxville is pretty nice, if overly decorated in orange. It probably will be a shock after NYC, though, to be sure. But yay for being closer to Atlanta! I really want to meet you and squish Alden.

    Reply

  41. Unknown's avatar

    I’ve heard Knoxville is pretty nice, if overly decorated in orange. It probably will be a shock after NYC, though, to be sure. But yay for being closer to Atlanta! I really want to meet you and squish Alden.

    Reply

  42. Unknown's avatar

    I’ve heard Knoxville is pretty nice, if overly decorated in orange. It probably will be a shock after NYC, though, to be sure. But yay for being closer to Atlanta! I really want to meet you and squish Alden.

    Reply

  43. Unknown's avatar

    Congratulations on your job and your move!

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  44. Unknown's avatar

    Congratulations on your job and your move!

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  45. Unknown's avatar

    Congratulations on your job and your move!

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  46. Unknown's avatar

    Congratulations on your job and your move!

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  47. Unknown's avatar

    Congratulations on your job and your move!

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  48. Unknown's avatar

    Congratulations on your job and your move!

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  49. Unknown's avatar

    Congratulations on your job and your move!

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  50. Unknown's avatar

    Ah, yes, the timeless story of the girl with big dreams who left the big city for the small town. Mazel tov! Knoxville’s a nice little town. I hope you like college football. And creamsicle orange. Or at least creamsicles.

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  51. Unknown's avatar

    Ah, yes, the timeless story of the girl with big dreams who left the big city for the small town. Mazel tov! Knoxville’s a nice little town. I hope you like college football. And creamsicle orange. Or at least creamsicles.

    Reply

    • jaysaint's avatar

      I love creamsicles, and I hope that’s enough because the first two don’t do a lot for me. But yeah, I did notice what seems to be an over-commitment to college sports. I think the good news is that the parks, grocery stores, and public pools should be all ours on game days.

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      • Unknown's avatar

        The whole state lives and dies with the football team. When I was in Nashville, there was a noticeable drop in business on Mondays following a Vols loss. Every denizen of Tennessee is either at the stadium or parked in front of the TV a dozen Saturdays in the fall, so you’ll have no problem getting anywhere those days.
        I have to admit, though, it’s hard not to get caught up in it all. As horrible an experience Nashville was for me, I still have a bit of a soft spot for “Rocky Top.”

      • Unknown's avatar

        The whole state lives and dies with the football team. When I was in Nashville, there was a noticeable drop in business on Mondays following a Vols loss. Every denizen of Tennessee is either at the stadium or parked in front of the TV a dozen Saturdays in the fall, so you’ll have no problem getting anywhere those days.
        I have to admit, though, it’s hard not to get caught up in it all. As horrible an experience Nashville was for me, I still have a bit of a soft spot for “Rocky Top.”

      • Unknown's avatar

        The whole state lives and dies with the football team. When I was in Nashville, there was a noticeable drop in business on Mondays following a Vols loss. Every denizen of Tennessee is either at the stadium or parked in front of the TV a dozen Saturdays in the fall, so you’ll have no problem getting anywhere those days.
        I have to admit, though, it’s hard not to get caught up in it all. As horrible an experience Nashville was for me, I still have a bit of a soft spot for “Rocky Top.”

      • Unknown's avatar

        The whole state lives and dies with the football team. When I was in Nashville, there was a noticeable drop in business on Mondays following a Vols loss. Every denizen of Tennessee is either at the stadium or parked in front of the TV a dozen Saturdays in the fall, so you’ll have no problem getting anywhere those days.
        I have to admit, though, it’s hard not to get caught up in it all. As horrible an experience Nashville was for me, I still have a bit of a soft spot for “Rocky Top.”

      • Unknown's avatar

        The whole state lives and dies with the football team. When I was in Nashville, there was a noticeable drop in business on Mondays following a Vols loss. Every denizen of Tennessee is either at the stadium or parked in front of the TV a dozen Saturdays in the fall, so you’ll have no problem getting anywhere those days.
        I have to admit, though, it’s hard not to get caught up in it all. As horrible an experience Nashville was for me, I still have a bit of a soft spot for “Rocky Top.”

      • Unknown's avatar

        The whole state lives and dies with the football team. When I was in Nashville, there was a noticeable drop in business on Mondays following a Vols loss. Every denizen of Tennessee is either at the stadium or parked in front of the TV a dozen Saturdays in the fall, so you’ll have no problem getting anywhere those days.
        I have to admit, though, it’s hard not to get caught up in it all. As horrible an experience Nashville was for me, I still have a bit of a soft spot for “Rocky Top.”

    • jaysaint's avatar

      I love creamsicles, and I hope that’s enough because the first two don’t do a lot for me. But yeah, I did notice what seems to be an over-commitment to college sports. I think the good news is that the parks, grocery stores, and public pools should be all ours on game days.

      Reply

    • jaysaint's avatar

      I love creamsicles, and I hope that’s enough because the first two don’t do a lot for me. But yeah, I did notice what seems to be an over-commitment to college sports. I think the good news is that the parks, grocery stores, and public pools should be all ours on game days.

      Reply

    • jaysaint's avatar

      I love creamsicles, and I hope that’s enough because the first two don’t do a lot for me. But yeah, I did notice what seems to be an over-commitment to college sports. I think the good news is that the parks, grocery stores, and public pools should be all ours on game days.

      Reply

    • jaysaint's avatar

      I love creamsicles, and I hope that’s enough because the first two don’t do a lot for me. But yeah, I did notice what seems to be an over-commitment to college sports. I think the good news is that the parks, grocery stores, and public pools should be all ours on game days.

      Reply

    • jaysaint's avatar

      I love creamsicles, and I hope that’s enough because the first two don’t do a lot for me. But yeah, I did notice what seems to be an over-commitment to college sports. I think the good news is that the parks, grocery stores, and public pools should be all ours on game days.

      Reply

  52. Unknown's avatar

    Ah, yes, the timeless story of the girl with big dreams who left the big city for the small town. Mazel tov! Knoxville’s a nice little town. I hope you like college football. And creamsicle orange. Or at least creamsicles.

    Reply

  53. Unknown's avatar

    Ah, yes, the timeless story of the girl with big dreams who left the big city for the small town. Mazel tov! Knoxville’s a nice little town. I hope you like college football. And creamsicle orange. Or at least creamsicles.

    Reply

  54. Unknown's avatar

    Ah, yes, the timeless story of the girl with big dreams who left the big city for the small town. Mazel tov! Knoxville’s a nice little town. I hope you like college football. And creamsicle orange. Or at least creamsicles.

    Reply

  55. Unknown's avatar

    Ah, yes, the timeless story of the girl with big dreams who left the big city for the small town. Mazel tov! Knoxville’s a nice little town. I hope you like college football. And creamsicle orange. Or at least creamsicles.

    Reply

  56. Unknown's avatar

    Ah, yes, the timeless story of the girl with big dreams who left the big city for the small town. Mazel tov! Knoxville’s a nice little town. I hope you like college football. And creamsicle orange. Or at least creamsicles.

    Reply

  57. Unknown's avatar

    Hey, you’ll be close to us in Chattanooga. Maybe we can meet up sometime!

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  58. Unknown's avatar

    Hey, you’ll be close to us in Chattanooga. Maybe we can meet up sometime!

    Reply

  59. Unknown's avatar

    Hey, you’ll be close to us in Chattanooga. Maybe we can meet up sometime!

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  60. Unknown's avatar

    Hey, you’ll be close to us in Chattanooga. Maybe we can meet up sometime!

    Reply

  61. Unknown's avatar

    Hey, you’ll be close to us in Chattanooga. Maybe we can meet up sometime!

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  62. Unknown's avatar

    Hey, you’ll be close to us in Chattanooga. Maybe we can meet up sometime!

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  63. Unknown's avatar

    Hey, you’ll be close to us in Chattanooga. Maybe we can meet up sometime!

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  64. jaysaint's avatar

    I would love that. We’ll have to set up an aquarium date this summer.

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  65. Unknown's avatar

    Congratulations!
    What’s the job? When’s it happening?
    Do you think if we all keep sucking, you’ll end up down here?

    Reply

  66. Unknown's avatar

    Congratulations!
    What’s the job? When’s it happening?
    Do you think if we all keep sucking, you’ll end up down here?

    Reply

    • jaysaint's avatar

      Thank you!
      I’ll be working at Scripps Howard doing stuff a lot like what I do now. My actual position hasn’t been announced yet which means I’m not allowed to say. Which makes it sound much more glamorous than it should.
      And I think you will find me in Atlanta plenty. Y’all were definitely part of the decision and Damon was cracking up that I was dancing around saying “I get to meet my Live Journal friends now!”

      Reply

      • Unknown's avatar

        Do you have any idea how exciting this is for me? I cannot wait to meet you. I cannot wait to eat with you. I cannot wait to see you and Stacey together. I cannot wait to see yobaby. I just can’t wait.
        I just clapped my hands twice in front of me, as though to say, “A dingbat, fool, make it so!” Like Endora.

      • jaysaint's avatar

        I’m so tickled you feel this way! I feel the same. I cannot cannot wait to meet you. And as an added enticement for me, I feel sure you and Alden are going to be fast friends too.

      • Unknown's avatar

        Can you even believe you’re a grown-up, negotiating for secret spy jobs, moving to cities with Sunspheres, selling apartments in Manhattan?
        I will love Alden. He might look at me funny, like Scout did the last time I saw her. Not only did she look at me a little funny, she took off running. Jr, however, will go anywhere with me, so that’s got to count for something, and Lemon’s kids will let me pick their noses and teeth and will eat off my plate.

      • jaysaint's avatar

        No! I feel like a total fraud. But it’s a fun fraud.
        You WILL love Alden. He’s fat and smiley. I know he’s going to take to you instantly. On top of your natural charm, he’s helpless in the face of a woman with a southern lilt.

      • Unknown's avatar

        On Monday I have to send an email to the new insurance man, the one who Wants To Help Me (read: keep me from pursuing litigation against HHGregg) informing him that the next time he hears from me, it’ll be to tell him that since he doesn’t seem to be in any hurry to move this thing along and cut me a check, the mold remediation experts will be along to send samples along to the lab and he can just work it all out with my attorney. I hope he doesn’t ask for my attorney’s number, because I’d have to walk down the hall and ask him for it.
        Sometimes I wonder when they’re going to find out I’m only 12.

      • jaysaint's avatar

        I’m really glad I never sold you a faulty dishwasher. And I mean that in the most admiring way.
        If I’m a fraud and you’re only 12 I’m starting to worry that no one is driving this bus. Either I’m worried about that, or I’m really enjoying it. Not sure.

      • Unknown's avatar

        I am driving the bus. I am sitting on a pillow to see over the steering wheel, but I am, by God, driving the bus.

      • Unknown's avatar

        I am driving the bus. I am sitting on a pillow to see over the steering wheel, but I am, by God, driving the bus.

      • Unknown's avatar

        I am driving the bus. I am sitting on a pillow to see over the steering wheel, but I am, by God, driving the bus.

      • Unknown's avatar

        I am driving the bus. I am sitting on a pillow to see over the steering wheel, but I am, by God, driving the bus.

      • Unknown's avatar

        I am driving the bus. I am sitting on a pillow to see over the steering wheel, but I am, by God, driving the bus.

      • Unknown's avatar

        I am driving the bus. I am sitting on a pillow to see over the steering wheel, but I am, by God, driving the bus.

      • jaysaint's avatar

        I’m really glad I never sold you a faulty dishwasher. And I mean that in the most admiring way.
        If I’m a fraud and you’re only 12 I’m starting to worry that no one is driving this bus. Either I’m worried about that, or I’m really enjoying it. Not sure.

      • jaysaint's avatar

        I’m really glad I never sold you a faulty dishwasher. And I mean that in the most admiring way.
        If I’m a fraud and you’re only 12 I’m starting to worry that no one is driving this bus. Either I’m worried about that, or I’m really enjoying it. Not sure.

      • jaysaint's avatar

        I’m really glad I never sold you a faulty dishwasher. And I mean that in the most admiring way.
        If I’m a fraud and you’re only 12 I’m starting to worry that no one is driving this bus. Either I’m worried about that, or I’m really enjoying it. Not sure.

      • jaysaint's avatar

        I’m really glad I never sold you a faulty dishwasher. And I mean that in the most admiring way.
        If I’m a fraud and you’re only 12 I’m starting to worry that no one is driving this bus. Either I’m worried about that, or I’m really enjoying it. Not sure.

      • jaysaint's avatar

        I’m really glad I never sold you a faulty dishwasher. And I mean that in the most admiring way.
        If I’m a fraud and you’re only 12 I’m starting to worry that no one is driving this bus. Either I’m worried about that, or I’m really enjoying it. Not sure.

      • Unknown's avatar

        On Monday I have to send an email to the new insurance man, the one who Wants To Help Me (read: keep me from pursuing litigation against HHGregg) informing him that the next time he hears from me, it’ll be to tell him that since he doesn’t seem to be in any hurry to move this thing along and cut me a check, the mold remediation experts will be along to send samples along to the lab and he can just work it all out with my attorney. I hope he doesn’t ask for my attorney’s number, because I’d have to walk down the hall and ask him for it.
        Sometimes I wonder when they’re going to find out I’m only 12.

      • Unknown's avatar

        On Monday I have to send an email to the new insurance man, the one who Wants To Help Me (read: keep me from pursuing litigation against HHGregg) informing him that the next time he hears from me, it’ll be to tell him that since he doesn’t seem to be in any hurry to move this thing along and cut me a check, the mold remediation experts will be along to send samples along to the lab and he can just work it all out with my attorney. I hope he doesn’t ask for my attorney’s number, because I’d have to walk down the hall and ask him for it.
        Sometimes I wonder when they’re going to find out I’m only 12.

      • Unknown's avatar

        On Monday I have to send an email to the new insurance man, the one who Wants To Help Me (read: keep me from pursuing litigation against HHGregg) informing him that the next time he hears from me, it’ll be to tell him that since he doesn’t seem to be in any hurry to move this thing along and cut me a check, the mold remediation experts will be along to send samples along to the lab and he can just work it all out with my attorney. I hope he doesn’t ask for my attorney’s number, because I’d have to walk down the hall and ask him for it.
        Sometimes I wonder when they’re going to find out I’m only 12.

      • Unknown's avatar

        On Monday I have to send an email to the new insurance man, the one who Wants To Help Me (read: keep me from pursuing litigation against HHGregg) informing him that the next time he hears from me, it’ll be to tell him that since he doesn’t seem to be in any hurry to move this thing along and cut me a check, the mold remediation experts will be along to send samples along to the lab and he can just work it all out with my attorney. I hope he doesn’t ask for my attorney’s number, because I’d have to walk down the hall and ask him for it.
        Sometimes I wonder when they’re going to find out I’m only 12.

      • Unknown's avatar

        On Monday I have to send an email to the new insurance man, the one who Wants To Help Me (read: keep me from pursuing litigation against HHGregg) informing him that the next time he hears from me, it’ll be to tell him that since he doesn’t seem to be in any hurry to move this thing along and cut me a check, the mold remediation experts will be along to send samples along to the lab and he can just work it all out with my attorney. I hope he doesn’t ask for my attorney’s number, because I’d have to walk down the hall and ask him for it.
        Sometimes I wonder when they’re going to find out I’m only 12.

      • jaysaint's avatar

        No! I feel like a total fraud. But it’s a fun fraud.
        You WILL love Alden. He’s fat and smiley. I know he’s going to take to you instantly. On top of your natural charm, he’s helpless in the face of a woman with a southern lilt.

      • jaysaint's avatar

        No! I feel like a total fraud. But it’s a fun fraud.
        You WILL love Alden. He’s fat and smiley. I know he’s going to take to you instantly. On top of your natural charm, he’s helpless in the face of a woman with a southern lilt.

      • jaysaint's avatar

        No! I feel like a total fraud. But it’s a fun fraud.
        You WILL love Alden. He’s fat and smiley. I know he’s going to take to you instantly. On top of your natural charm, he’s helpless in the face of a woman with a southern lilt.

      • jaysaint's avatar

        No! I feel like a total fraud. But it’s a fun fraud.
        You WILL love Alden. He’s fat and smiley. I know he’s going to take to you instantly. On top of your natural charm, he’s helpless in the face of a woman with a southern lilt.

      • jaysaint's avatar

        No! I feel like a total fraud. But it’s a fun fraud.
        You WILL love Alden. He’s fat and smiley. I know he’s going to take to you instantly. On top of your natural charm, he’s helpless in the face of a woman with a southern lilt.

      • Unknown's avatar

        Can you even believe you’re a grown-up, negotiating for secret spy jobs, moving to cities with Sunspheres, selling apartments in Manhattan?
        I will love Alden. He might look at me funny, like Scout did the last time I saw her. Not only did she look at me a little funny, she took off running. Jr, however, will go anywhere with me, so that’s got to count for something, and Lemon’s kids will let me pick their noses and teeth and will eat off my plate.

      • Unknown's avatar

        Can you even believe you’re a grown-up, negotiating for secret spy jobs, moving to cities with Sunspheres, selling apartments in Manhattan?
        I will love Alden. He might look at me funny, like Scout did the last time I saw her. Not only did she look at me a little funny, she took off running. Jr, however, will go anywhere with me, so that’s got to count for something, and Lemon’s kids will let me pick their noses and teeth and will eat off my plate.

      • Unknown's avatar

        Can you even believe you’re a grown-up, negotiating for secret spy jobs, moving to cities with Sunspheres, selling apartments in Manhattan?
        I will love Alden. He might look at me funny, like Scout did the last time I saw her. Not only did she look at me a little funny, she took off running. Jr, however, will go anywhere with me, so that’s got to count for something, and Lemon’s kids will let me pick their noses and teeth and will eat off my plate.

      • Unknown's avatar

        Can you even believe you’re a grown-up, negotiating for secret spy jobs, moving to cities with Sunspheres, selling apartments in Manhattan?
        I will love Alden. He might look at me funny, like Scout did the last time I saw her. Not only did she look at me a little funny, she took off running. Jr, however, will go anywhere with me, so that’s got to count for something, and Lemon’s kids will let me pick their noses and teeth and will eat off my plate.

      • Unknown's avatar

        Can you even believe you’re a grown-up, negotiating for secret spy jobs, moving to cities with Sunspheres, selling apartments in Manhattan?
        I will love Alden. He might look at me funny, like Scout did the last time I saw her. Not only did she look at me a little funny, she took off running. Jr, however, will go anywhere with me, so that’s got to count for something, and Lemon’s kids will let me pick their noses and teeth and will eat off my plate.

      • jaysaint's avatar

        I’m so tickled you feel this way! I feel the same. I cannot cannot wait to meet you. And as an added enticement for me, I feel sure you and Alden are going to be fast friends too.

      • jaysaint's avatar

        I’m so tickled you feel this way! I feel the same. I cannot cannot wait to meet you. And as an added enticement for me, I feel sure you and Alden are going to be fast friends too.

      • jaysaint's avatar

        I’m so tickled you feel this way! I feel the same. I cannot cannot wait to meet you. And as an added enticement for me, I feel sure you and Alden are going to be fast friends too.

      • jaysaint's avatar

        I’m so tickled you feel this way! I feel the same. I cannot cannot wait to meet you. And as an added enticement for me, I feel sure you and Alden are going to be fast friends too.

      • jaysaint's avatar

        I’m so tickled you feel this way! I feel the same. I cannot cannot wait to meet you. And as an added enticement for me, I feel sure you and Alden are going to be fast friends too.

      • Unknown's avatar

        Do you have any idea how exciting this is for me? I cannot wait to meet you. I cannot wait to eat with you. I cannot wait to see you and Stacey together. I cannot wait to see yobaby. I just can’t wait.
        I just clapped my hands twice in front of me, as though to say, “A dingbat, fool, make it so!” Like Endora.

      • Unknown's avatar

        Do you have any idea how exciting this is for me? I cannot wait to meet you. I cannot wait to eat with you. I cannot wait to see you and Stacey together. I cannot wait to see yobaby. I just can’t wait.
        I just clapped my hands twice in front of me, as though to say, “A dingbat, fool, make it so!” Like Endora.

      • Unknown's avatar

        Do you have any idea how exciting this is for me? I cannot wait to meet you. I cannot wait to eat with you. I cannot wait to see you and Stacey together. I cannot wait to see yobaby. I just can’t wait.
        I just clapped my hands twice in front of me, as though to say, “A dingbat, fool, make it so!” Like Endora.

      • Unknown's avatar

        Do you have any idea how exciting this is for me? I cannot wait to meet you. I cannot wait to eat with you. I cannot wait to see you and Stacey together. I cannot wait to see yobaby. I just can’t wait.
        I just clapped my hands twice in front of me, as though to say, “A dingbat, fool, make it so!” Like Endora.

      • Unknown's avatar

        Do you have any idea how exciting this is for me? I cannot wait to meet you. I cannot wait to eat with you. I cannot wait to see you and Stacey together. I cannot wait to see yobaby. I just can’t wait.
        I just clapped my hands twice in front of me, as though to say, “A dingbat, fool, make it so!” Like Endora.

    • jaysaint's avatar

      Thank you!
      I’ll be working at Scripps Howard doing stuff a lot like what I do now. My actual position hasn’t been announced yet which means I’m not allowed to say. Which makes it sound much more glamorous than it should.
      And I think you will find me in Atlanta plenty. Y’all were definitely part of the decision and Damon was cracking up that I was dancing around saying “I get to meet my Live Journal friends now!”

      Reply

    • jaysaint's avatar

      Thank you!
      I’ll be working at Scripps Howard doing stuff a lot like what I do now. My actual position hasn’t been announced yet which means I’m not allowed to say. Which makes it sound much more glamorous than it should.
      And I think you will find me in Atlanta plenty. Y’all were definitely part of the decision and Damon was cracking up that I was dancing around saying “I get to meet my Live Journal friends now!”

      Reply

    • jaysaint's avatar

      Thank you!
      I’ll be working at Scripps Howard doing stuff a lot like what I do now. My actual position hasn’t been announced yet which means I’m not allowed to say. Which makes it sound much more glamorous than it should.
      And I think you will find me in Atlanta plenty. Y’all were definitely part of the decision and Damon was cracking up that I was dancing around saying “I get to meet my Live Journal friends now!”

      Reply

    • jaysaint's avatar

      Thank you!
      I’ll be working at Scripps Howard doing stuff a lot like what I do now. My actual position hasn’t been announced yet which means I’m not allowed to say. Which makes it sound much more glamorous than it should.
      And I think you will find me in Atlanta plenty. Y’all were definitely part of the decision and Damon was cracking up that I was dancing around saying “I get to meet my Live Journal friends now!”

      Reply

    • jaysaint's avatar

      Thank you!
      I’ll be working at Scripps Howard doing stuff a lot like what I do now. My actual position hasn’t been announced yet which means I’m not allowed to say. Which makes it sound much more glamorous than it should.
      And I think you will find me in Atlanta plenty. Y’all were definitely part of the decision and Damon was cracking up that I was dancing around saying “I get to meet my Live Journal friends now!”

      Reply

  67. Unknown's avatar

    Congratulations!
    What’s the job? When’s it happening?
    Do you think if we all keep sucking, you’ll end up down here?

    Reply

  68. Unknown's avatar

    Congratulations!
    What’s the job? When’s it happening?
    Do you think if we all keep sucking, you’ll end up down here?

    Reply

  69. Unknown's avatar

    Congratulations!
    What’s the job? When’s it happening?
    Do you think if we all keep sucking, you’ll end up down here?

    Reply

  70. Unknown's avatar

    Congratulations!
    What’s the job? When’s it happening?
    Do you think if we all keep sucking, you’ll end up down here?

    Reply

  71. Unknown's avatar

    Congratulations!
    What’s the job? When’s it happening?
    Do you think if we all keep sucking, you’ll end up down here?

    Reply

  72. jaysaint's avatar

    I love creamsicles, and I hope that’s enough because the first two don’t do a lot for me. But yeah, I did notice what seems to be an over-commitment to college sports. I think the good news is that the parks, grocery stores, and public pools should be all ours on game days.

    Reply

  73. jaysaint's avatar

    Thank you!
    I’ll be working at Scripps Howard doing stuff a lot like what I do now. My actual position hasn’t been announced yet which means I’m not allowed to say. Which makes it sound much more glamorous than it should.
    And I think you will find me in Atlanta plenty. Y’all were definitely part of the decision and Damon was cracking up that I was dancing around saying “I get to meet my Live Journal friends now!”

    Reply

  74. jaysaint's avatar

    Thank you! I’m very excited!

    Reply

  75. jaysaint's avatar

    Yes, the UT sports thing is… omnipresent.
    I’m very excited that we’ll surely get to meet you now, and Alden is ready for his squishing.

    Reply

  76. jaysaint's avatar

    Me too!

    Reply

  77. jaysaint's avatar

    Absolutely. I’m sure we’ll be down in Atlanta with some frequency. And of course we’ll always be happy for aquarium or Gatlinburg dates.
    I can’t wait to see the sushi, I’m sure it’s beyond darling.

    Reply

  78. jaysaint's avatar

    Yay! I love Dolly and I love the Smokies, let’s start planning now!

    Reply

  79. jaysaint's avatar

    Thanks wifey. Once we have you within range I’m turning on the tractor beam.

    Reply

  80. jaysaint's avatar

    Yeah, Manhattan child rearing is an occupation for the outrageously wealthy.
    I’ll be at Redbook for three more weeks and then report in to Scripps in five. We’re putting the apartment on the market next week and we’ll actually move as soon as it sells.

    Reply

  81. Unknown's avatar

    Do you have any idea how exciting this is for me? I cannot wait to meet you. I cannot wait to eat with you. I cannot wait to see you and Stacey together. I cannot wait to see yobaby. I just can’t wait.
    I just clapped my hands twice in front of me, as though to say, “A dingbat, fool, make it so!” Like Endora.

    Reply

  82. jaysaint's avatar

    I’m so tickled you feel this way! I feel the same. I cannot cannot wait to meet you. And as an added enticement for me, I feel sure you and Alden are going to be fast friends too.

    Reply

  83. Unknown's avatar

    How long are apartments on the market in Manhattan these days? I haven’t been keeping up with real estate in the Times the last month or so.

    Reply

  84. Unknown's avatar

    Can you even believe you’re a grown-up, negotiating for secret spy jobs, moving to cities with Sunspheres, selling apartments in Manhattan?
    I will love Alden. He might look at me funny, like Scout did the last time I saw her. Not only did she look at me a little funny, she took off running. Jr, however, will go anywhere with me, so that’s got to count for something, and Lemon’s kids will let me pick their noses and teeth and will eat off my plate.

    Reply

  85. jaysaint's avatar

    Well, hard to say. Manhattan never takes too hard a hit since the island isn’t going to get any bigger. But it does seem like in the last two weeks an awful lot of apartments in our neighborhood have popped up on the market. My fingers are crossed that it sells so fast that we hardly have time to pack our toothbrushes.

    Reply

  86. jaysaint's avatar

    No! I feel like a total fraud. But it’s a fun fraud.
    You WILL love Alden. He’s fat and smiley. I know he’s going to take to you instantly. On top of your natural charm, he’s helpless in the face of a woman with a southern lilt.

    Reply

  87. Unknown's avatar

    It’ll happen quickly. And they sell toothbrushes in Knoxville; I know they do, because I’ve bought one there.

    Reply

  88. Unknown's avatar

    On Monday I have to send an email to the new insurance man, the one who Wants To Help Me (read: keep me from pursuing litigation against HHGregg) informing him that the next time he hears from me, it’ll be to tell him that since he doesn’t seem to be in any hurry to move this thing along and cut me a check, the mold remediation experts will be along to send samples along to the lab and he can just work it all out with my attorney. I hope he doesn’t ask for my attorney’s number, because I’d have to walk down the hall and ask him for it.
    Sometimes I wonder when they’re going to find out I’m only 12.

    Reply

  89. Unknown's avatar

    The whole state lives and dies with the football team. When I was in Nashville, there was a noticeable drop in business on Mondays following a Vols loss. Every denizen of Tennessee is either at the stadium or parked in front of the TV a dozen Saturdays in the fall, so you’ll have no problem getting anywhere those days.
    I have to admit, though, it’s hard not to get caught up in it all. As horrible an experience Nashville was for me, I still have a bit of a soft spot for “Rocky Top.”

    Reply

  90. jaysaint's avatar

    Your lips to God’s ears.

    Reply

  91. jaysaint's avatar

    I’m really glad I never sold you a faulty dishwasher. And I mean that in the most admiring way.
    If I’m a fraud and you’re only 12 I’m starting to worry that no one is driving this bus. Either I’m worried about that, or I’m really enjoying it. Not sure.

    Reply

  92. Unknown's avatar

    I am driving the bus. I am sitting on a pillow to see over the steering wheel, but I am, by God, driving the bus.

    Reply

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