It's funny it's been over a year and a half post California and there are times when I seriously wish we were back there. Really! I do remember how hard it was to be so far away from family and how hard it was for our then family of 5 to live peacefully together in that little closet of a 2-bedroom apartment. I really don't miss those parts.
I fact I'm not so sure I miss living out there as much as I just miss the crazy adventure of it all. I miss being so close to everyone that we had no other choice but to be outside and to get creative. I miss being able to just take off and leave to go exploring without much of a second thought. I miss the mostly fresh air...I do NOT miss all the marijuana smoke that would randomly fall upon your nose EVERYWHERE you went. But I do miss having open windows all the time. Having so many different and cool playsets to play on. Having the option to be at the beach or climb a mountain!
Maybe I just miss how small my babies all were!
I do miss all the free entertainment that went on constantly...I do miss being able to hit a family movie without breaking the bank like it does here in Indy! Or even going out to eat once here and there!
I miss how easy it was to be healthy...how it was a way that most everyone followed, how it could have been costly but it wasn't cause we were told the way to live...and we were given all the best farmers markets! I loved all the options that came with life out there.
I almost feel like IN is so stuck in its ways and when you live here you just get stuck in the same ways...
What is real is that we ARE back in IN...we are close to family and friends again...we are older (but in NO way do we claim to be wiser)...and there is now 6 of us....
My goal for this new(er) year is to be more creative...to push the extra mile...to enjoy life here...to laugh at everything possible...cause life IS what you make it, right!!
Yep...I'm back and it might be hard to get rid of me!!
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