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what would have to happen for that to not be the case?

should the earth rend itself beneath our feet [earthquakes, floods], that might slow the exodus or redirect it inland [idaho/montana]. other than that, no signs of slowing down the influx. i have just noticed alarming price increases in local real estate from people who don't even live here, they buy the property and rent it out. next door neighbor lives in phoenix but keeps a house up here next to my lot. if you wanna live up here, get while the gettin's good.

ok i will move up there as soon as i am not in mexico.


i was actually considering montana BTW.

I think Missoula is a relatively "liberal" sort of place. And the climate there is much better than most places in Montana.

Anywhere west of the Continental Divide tends not to get the really cold Arctic air----though it gets it occasionally.

Great Falls is much colder in the winter than Missoula. Though it can get the "chinook," too.

If you go to some place like Wolf Point, it never gets mild in the winter like even Great Falls.

I guess I’m a 4 or so.

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I failed my driving test for the 2nd time today. One silly mistake on a roundabout did it. But I am not as upset or distressed as when I failed the 1st time.

If anything, I am content. I went into the test with a bolder confidence then last time, and really made the effort throughout.

My instructor is retiring, as I was his last student and day, but has told me not to give up and that I am still a good driver, referring me to someone else to carry me through to my 3rd attempt.

Another undisclosed disappointment arose yesterday, but it hasn't deterred me. I'm still (more or less) on cloud 9 about my first achievement of the year.

+4 Enjoying the smell of my new coconut-scented foot lotion, relishing the fact that I don't need to bathe again until tomorrow at the earliest since I just did yesterday and don't get gross hair or smelly quickly enough to need to every day, and I just finished playing The Sims 4 Strangerville, which was very fun for me. But I do also have laundry to do and it will be cold when I walk my dog.

6 I had a good day talking to friends and writing to penpals.

0. I almost got into a car accident from a skid (it's -9 degrees Fahrenheit where I'm from so the roads were really icy, which almost led to a bad car accident. I thank God that I was saved, but the experience is definitely traumatic, but it's part of being Minnesotan that our roads can be hell when driving so I'm used to this. Also I'm still tormented by my friend's suicide and the feelings of guilt that I could have stopped it, so my anxiety and pain still remains stuck in my stomach and while it's improved and mollified somewhat there are still residuals of inner turmoil, regret and pain buried inside that I have to erase so I can move forward and not be held back from living life. But I will never forget my friend and I pray everyday to Allah that he's happier in paradise and free from the pain he experienced in this life.

lotsa richies have vacation estates there.

+10

I'm going to hoon around some parking lots later on tonight once they're empty and everything's closed for the night. There's always room to improve one's car control skills and years of practice dealing with sudden loss of traction when it's slippy saved me from following a coworker on to the lawn between the two driveways at work yesterday. He hit a patch of ice and understeered, basically leaving the driveway in a straight line and getting stuck in the snow. I didn't witness his lapse of judgment, but saw him sitting in the snow and got distracted wondering what had happened; I also understeered over the ice but I used my handbrake to regain control and make the car turn.

Not quite a 'brown pants' situation, but it would have been when I was a new driver.

-1. Things are good overall, but I am sad tonight.