I can sympathize except for the selling off the critters part
we moved to Idaho on kinda a whim ...my friend lived here...we were able to buy land far cheaper than where we were ....as they say hindsight
well I wont stay here forever but until the right time this is home for now......we are making the best of it..and have some opportunities here that might never have come where we were.........the 2 biggest drawbacks....1) no family here
2) we both have to work full time to make the same money we made with just my hubby working where we were
However if you get to georgia it gives me one more excuse to go there "someday"
I have this great desire to visit georgia in particular savannah