Okay, I'm going to give you a little of my "elderly" wisdom here.

After being born and raised in Connecticut, and caring for my elderly father for over 2 1/2 years, I decided I was going to move to Michigan to be with my former sister-in-law, her family and start over. I quit a wonderful, good paying job thinking I could get a job at another newspaper. It was the biggest mistake of my entire life. For 3 years, I searched high and lo for a job, there were none to be found. I was stuck. and miserable. It wasn't until after I got let go from what I thought was a great job (the owner didn't like me) that gave me the shove I needed to go back where I belonged, with my friends and family. I packed up my car with what I could fit into it, plus my cats and never looked back. I left EVERYTHING behind, furniture, etc. To me it was only "stuff" and could be replaced.

Please think long and hard about it. I could've saved alot of time and heartache if I had done the same.