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I am <em>so</em> ready to move to Georgia.

I don't know if it will be next March, or next January or maybe even this November when it happens -- Nicole and I are deep in negotiations -- but after more than 20 years of endless summers, I have definitely been about as entertained by Los Angeles as I care to be.

Today we drove down to Newport Beach, and a trip that took us 45 minutes or so on the way down took more than twice as long on the way back. And it wasn't even rush hour. It was just L.A. traffic.

Georgia has been on my mind ever since March, when we visited and bought a house in the Del Webb <a title="Sun City Peachtree" href="http://delwebb.com/communities/ga/griffin/sun-city-peachtree/index.aspx" target="_self">Sun City Peachtree</a> community. Our beautiful house cost us less than half of what the same house in a California Del Webb community would have cost us, and it has been sitting empty for the last six months.

Of course, that was always the plan. We intended to move to Georgia in March 2011, but it's getting more and more difficult to stay away. Our apartment here in Glendale is nice, but the only air conditioning is in the living room and the last few nights have reminded me of my stuff St. Louis apartment in the mid '80s.

I'm sure it's every bit as hot in Georgia, but two words make all the difference.

<em>Central air.</em>

Besides, the sooner we move, the less likely I am to end up with too many decorations for my office in Georgia. I already have shadow boxes, posters, framed artwork, wood pieces commemorating my time in Texas and my nascent surfing career. Oh, and my autographed uniform jerseys signed by Chipper Jones and John Elway.

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The picture here is our lovely house as it looked six months ago. I'm pretty sure we have a lawn now; at least we've been paying to irrigate it all spring and summer.

The front room will be Nicole's office, and the upper windows in the middle are just for show. It's a one-story house, which is probably for the better when you figure it's going to be our retirement home. I've got no problem with stairs at age 60, but who knows how I'll feel about it 10 or 20 years from now.

It really is a wonderful house and it will be a wonderful home for the two of us.

I just hope w