Okay, so I am hip deep in boxes and packing and Making Arrangements and running back and forth to storage units, and just generally starting to freak out a little. In two weeks, I’ll have the truck packed, my animals in carriers, and will be heading up the road (I-95) to Raleigh, North Carolina.

Who knows the area and can recommend any of the following please:
1- a good, independent bookstore
2- a good Thai restaurant
3- a good pizza place
4- a dressage barn for lessons
5- a barn that rents horses for trail rides (I already know about Dead Broke Farm; that’s not the kind of trail riding I’m interested in. I want flat straightaways where I can trot for more than 12.5 seconds.)
6- a serious writer’s group of published authors in the Raleigh area

Any other advice and suggestions welcomed, of course. Yes, I will still be editing for my various publishers, and yes, I will be in the market for a full-time Real Job, and yes, I’m excited and a little sad. The Ocala area was a place I moved to because I had to, and I will miss the horsiness of the rural locale, but it’s time to move on. It’s all a tad bittersweet; does that make sense?

Thanks for any info!