Not another Monty Python sketch! Though, who couldn’t use a good laugh on a Sunday morning in July. I’ve had this urge recently to live somewhere else. I mean somewhere else in the United States. Though the way this country is headed maybe I should consider Costa Rica or Finland or Australia! But assuming I don’t want to leave the USA, maybe Oregon or Michigan or even Minnesota or New Mexico.
I’ve been trying to figure out the source of my winter of discontent. I think it is twofold. Primarily, the Lehigh Valley, where I have lived all my life, is changing beyond recognition from the days of my youth. There are too many people, too many cars, too many housing developments, too few good roads, and way too many warehouses! How long until we are the official Warehouse Capital of America?
Secondarily, maybe moving would be a way of getting a fresh start in life. Time is moving so fast, I probably have a decade or two left. I don’t want to spend it shopping in the same old grocery stores, or driving down the same old Route 22, or seeing Parkland School District build yet another elementary school. Living somewhere new would give me the chance to explore and feel rejuvenated.
But, alas, reality speaks. I’m here in the Warehouse Capital for the long run. Financially, a move is out of the question. So, I will just focus on the good things that are still here in the Lehigh Valley. Number one is that most of my family is here. Number two is my beloved Trexler Nature Preserve. There is also the Allentown Rose Garden, many wonderful college campuses, and my nostalgia that lives in Slatington.
I learned something writing this blogpost. If your situation is not going to change, it’s probably better to focus on what you do have rather than what you don’t. Here is something I do have. I can watch Monty Python today and think about their “something completely different”.
A Semi-retired Kind of Life 