joan,I'd love to leave Chicago for the West Coast, but my parents are in their 80s and I really can't leave them alone. I'm not kidding when I say the thought of cold weather is bothering me. I can't even enjoy the fall because I know what's coming. The thought of jackets and hats and gloves...yuck. I freeze so easy. Of course being a man and weighing 145 at 5'10' doesn't help. LOL