Back to life on
the lake. It’s been cold this week,
bitterly cold, as you know if you live in the Midwest to Northeast. It dumped some snow, is now calming down and
will be back to mild in a couple of days.
Little dog varies from wanting to go on an adventure in the yard to not
making a move off the front step.
I sit at the
office window and watch deer cross our drive and tip toe in to our small woods, cross
the busy road and somehow manage to make it through the neighbor’s yard and
beyond without causing much of a scene or screeching tires. Sometimes only one or two, sometimes up to
six. The lake side of the house is
a bit more still. It’s relaxing to have
nothing going on, but, I am very ready for the next season, a little pizazz to my day.
Even though
pretty darn cold and raw, we drove about an hour to see our great nephew play a
game of hockey over the weekend, which was successful for him, yay, and then
stopped for lunch at a place hubs has been wanting to try. He sometimes has business to attend to over
there and the need to take someone to lunch.
So, we tried it, it was fine and casual. We were back in the car in
under an hour. As we headed back
towards home, we reminisced about our rare New Year’s Eve out and decided to
swing by the hotel bar to have a drink, something warm and sweet. We again had the place almost to ourselves,
had the same nice young man as bartender and enjoyed a little break. Now, this has not been our life, folks..we don’t
do this. It was fun, it was spontaneous
and it was great. It’s nice to be at a time in our life that we can be these
new people.
I’ve been
thinking a lot about this “time” in our life. It’s more like us than ever to say “Wanna go
to ____ “ or “Wanna stop here?” The “I’ve been curious about this place” is
more often heard in the car now than “What time is it? How far do we have to
go?” A few weeks ago we noticed a neon
sign way off the highway as we were coming back from a visit to the
grandkids. “What do you suppose is back
there?” I said. “Well, let’s go find out”. Turned
out to be a bait shop, of all things, but it led to a half hour drive around a
lake we had no knowledge of, took us off the beaten path for a bit and now, we know.
We can be a bit
more relaxed about things, a bit spontaneous if we wish, less tied to the clock
or the calendar. Oh, hubs is always going to
be more reserved and not throw caution to the wind quite like I do, and you
know, he isn’t retired, but, it’s a good time to be us. Yes, we still plan and we budget and we make
lists, but, it is so nice to go rogue, to go off course and a little unscheduled. If you can do it, do it. I know not all of you are quite here yet but,
trust me, you’ll like it when it comes.
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