I watched Mike mow the lawn today. Out there on the riding mower, making beautiful paths in our too tall grass. The under grass was insanely green, and looked so soft... it got me thinking...
If we move to Boston or NYC, we won't have grass. It will be the asphalt jungle. Sure there will be parks for us to play in, but it won't be our lawn. Unless of course we live in the boondocks and Mike commutes in. Mike is not a good commuter... so I think the compromise there will be mine, not his.
If we move to Phoenix, no grass. Just sand, and rock. Now it's beautiful sand and rock, but still, no grass.
It got me wondering about all the other things we will be losing with the move. Snow perhaps? Fall foliage? Tornadoes? Mosquitos? It's pointless to worry about any of it, we need to go where there is work, if it means going to Edmonton Alberta, where the temp is in the negatives most of the winter... or Phoenix, where the temp is over 100 for 6 months out of the year. We can adapt, as long as there is a job.
I always thought when people moved, they targeted a certain area, west coast, south east, etc.. and then found a job and moved. We're a little backwards in that, we're going to go wherever the job is, with very few exceptions. We've bounced all over the US, from the SE to the NE to the SW to the NW and lots of places in between. We've considered states and cities we never thought we would live in (Cali for me, NYC for Mike). We've had to look at what our needs are, as opposed to our wants. Sure I want a big glorious house on a beach somewhere, nice ocean breezes, central air, walk in closets. But we don't need that, we can make due with a 1100 sq ft apt in Boston, or NYC, or even New Jersey. (NJ is like a swear word to me... LOL)
I'm still packing a box or two a day...
