Yet another reason to love the Carolinas... the people! Thank you all so much for your encouragement and stories. I'm really trying to make the best of it out here and there is a ton of beauty. I guess NC just spoiled me!
I went to the bio-park last weekend and they have a huge greenhouse for flowers and plants. Of course it was incredibly humid and hot, and I sat down on one of the benches. My friend said, "Seriously? You want to sit in here?" I turned around and said, "Yes I do, this feels like home!" Unfortunately, it would be too expensive to buy tickets to the bio-park every week for my "fix". I am not; however, missing the mosquitoes! I'll take the yellow pollen haze over the constant dirt filled air out here. Honestly, there is so much dirt in the air that when it does sprinkle, it rains mud. Not kidding!
Of course, as long as I am here, you guys always have a place to stay if you should come this way!
As for what I do, I am a configuration management Bill of Material analyst... a big long way of saying I make parts lists from engineering drawings for manufacturing and purchasing. I use the SAP computer system as well as a little Teamcenter.