On July 5th 1996, I took the next step of my life, independence. I was moving to Southern California looking forward to the fall semester at Cal State Long Beach. With the help of my sister Deanna and her Ford Explorer, I packed up what I could of the first 18 years of my life.
I left my home at 7 in the morning and my parents, not surprisingly, were not emotional. I was the seventh of the eight children to leave the house – and the sixth to go to college – so it is not like they didn't care, they had just seen it before.
Since then, I've been home very rarely. The last time I was home as May, 2006. Before that, I came home in the summer of 2003. Before that, I couldn't tell you.
Eleven years later, July 5th 2007, I begin a new journey. It will be a trip that will help me reconnect with my sisters and their families in the Central Valley of California and will eventually send me home. (I'll also be at the UFC PPV event in Sacramento on Saturday, but that is work related.) But that is only the first part.
The last leg is a trip of discovery. After I leave my sister Rosa's in San Leandro, I will drive the scenic Pacific Coast Highway back home. Starting on Marin County side of the Golden Gate Bridge I will come back to Southern California, making several stops and spending nights in Monterey, San Simeon and another place I have yet to decide on. Any suggestions?
So I have a brand new digital camera with a 4 GB memory card and a sense of adventure.
I'll let you know how it goes.
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