http://www.raisingbakersfield.com/home/Blog/Christina/29586 I just have to say it makes me so incredibly happy to know what wonderful friends we've made in Bakersfield! Yesterday, my friends Jen, Christy and Heather all called to invite our family to join theirs in Independence Day activities.&nbsp; It warms my heart to feel so welcomed and I just had to brag about what amazing people we have in our lives :) Makes me almost want to never leave Bakersfield ... no but seriously, it'd be really, really hard to do - never thought I'd say THAT! I just have to say it makes me so incredibly happy to know what wonderful friends we've made in Bakersfield! Yesterday, my friends Jen, Christy and Heather all called to invite our family to join theirs in Independence Day activities.&nbsp; It warms my heart to feel so welcomed and I just had to brag about what amazing people we have in our lives :) Makes me almost want to never leave Bakersfield ... no but seriously, it'd be really, really hard to do - never thought I'd say THAT! en-us <p>DON'T LEAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!&nbsp; I'll ridicule your choice for the rest of your life. okay, i won't.&nbsp; but you knew that.&nbsp;</p> http://www.raisingbakersfield.com/home/Blog/Christina/29586/#c_270200 http://www.raisingbakersfield.com/home/Blog/Christina/29586/#c_270200 <p>DON'T LEAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!&nbsp; I'll ridicule your choice for the rest of your life. okay, i won't.&nbsp; but you knew that.&nbsp;</p> <p>Bakersfield is an odd place. If it wasn't for the really bad air quality and the days above the century mark I'm sure we'd all have much happier lives. Good friends are a precious gift. Pretty much all of my friends have moved away and it isn't good times. In college I became very good friends with two people, who then got married and are moving to Texas. Of course, I'll have my MBA pretty soon and we're looking at scooting on out of here if I can find work someplace else. Thinking about, I believe I'll miss a lot about Bakersfield when (if) we leave.</p> http://www.raisingbakersfield.com/home/Blog/Christina/29586/#c_270397 http://www.raisingbakersfield.com/home/Blog/Christina/29586/#c_270397 <p>Bakersfield is an odd place. If it wasn't for the really bad air quality and the days above the century mark I'm sure we'd all have much happier lives. Good friends are a precious gift. Pretty much all of my friends have moved away and it isn't good times. In college I became very good friends with two people, who then got married and are moving to Texas. Of course, I'll have my MBA pretty soon and we're looking at scooting on out of here if I can find work someplace else. Thinking about, I believe I'll miss a lot about Bakersfield when (if) we leave.</p>