I lived in San Antonio back in 97-98. Wasn't the best place for me to be, if for no other reason than the heat gave me horrid migraines.

As for the degrees... Like I said, I vacillate between wanting higher degrees within a wiccan trad, and just keeping as I am. I haven't and can't find a group that I'm comfortable with, so I do the vast majority of my workings on my own, in a solitary path.