Things I will miss...
This is not about people. This is about things.
1. Looking out my kitchen window while washing dishes. Seeing the wildlife back there, watching the squirrels chasing each other, the hawks swooping (ok, so I've only ever seen one hawk, and that was yesterday), seeing the deer sneaking through the woods beyond our fence.
2. Looking out my bathroom window every morning and observing the change of seasons... the magnificent spring-to-summer evolution, the colors of autumn, the snow covering the pool, the ice dripping from branches.
3. Sitting in the sun room on cold winter Sundays, with 80 degrees of sun beating in on me as I do the Times crossword puzzle.
4. Going outside after the rain and seeing the rainbow over the cul de sac.
Things I will NOT miss...
1. The sun beating in on me through the skylights over my bed when I am trying to sleep late, or when I am sick in bed.
2. The moon glaring at me all night long as though I had insulted it by not covering up the skylights.
3. The kids across the street who are working on their cars with the radios blaring all night long, leaving butts and bottles on our side of the street.
4. Wondering if the mice have returned to the basement. (I sure hope they don't have plans of traveling to Wisconsin!)
Time is a-fleeting...
1. Looking out my kitchen window while washing dishes. Seeing the wildlife back there, watching the squirrels chasing each other, the hawks swooping (ok, so I've only ever seen one hawk, and that was yesterday), seeing the deer sneaking through the woods beyond our fence.
2. Looking out my bathroom window every morning and observing the change of seasons... the magnificent spring-to-summer evolution, the colors of autumn, the snow covering the pool, the ice dripping from branches.
3. Sitting in the sun room on cold winter Sundays, with 80 degrees of sun beating in on me as I do the Times crossword puzzle.
4. Going outside after the rain and seeing the rainbow over the cul de sac.
Things I will NOT miss...
1. The sun beating in on me through the skylights over my bed when I am trying to sleep late, or when I am sick in bed.
2. The moon glaring at me all night long as though I had insulted it by not covering up the skylights.
3. The kids across the street who are working on their cars with the radios blaring all night long, leaving butts and bottles on our side of the street.
4. Wondering if the mice have returned to the basement. (I sure hope they don't have plans of traveling to Wisconsin!)
Time is a-fleeting...