So this is The New Year
From January 04, 2009:
Here I am, at General Mitchel Milwaukee airport again. At least this time I’ve not been delayed. Rather, my changeover was about 2 hours long. I’m about to fly back to Kansas City. Vacation is over and its time to get back to the hum and drum. The odd part about it this year is that I’ve left wondering what I’m getting back to. Last year, I couldn’t wait to get back to Detroit, and back to all that I knew. This year, I’ve been living in Kansas City for over a year and a half, isn’t that my home now? Am I coming from home or am I going home?
Last year, I don’t know if I my life in KC had really gotten started yet. This year, I have set ways, set motions, set friends, set activities, and set places I am looking forward to getting back to. It felt different being back in Michigan this year. Last year, I felt like there just wasn’t enough time to see all the people I wanted to see and to do all the things I wanted to do. This year, there still wasn’t quite enough time to do it all, but at the same time, I wasn’t completely disappointed about it. There was more I wanted to do, but I certainly missed my life in KC a little bit. Is that just the time past catching up to me or is KC really starting to grow on me?
I wonder if everyone who relocated gets to this point. The point where they start to wonder if maybe it is time to consider their new home their home home. When does that happen? I’d imagine it is just a natural progression of things. It makes me wonder a little bit about where I’m going to end up. I’d hate to use the word settle, but maybe that’s what worries me a little. Do I want to be back in Detroit again? I have always said I do, but every time I open the newspaper up these days, I see another big headline telling me that it is getting harder and harder. The possibility of me coming back after a few years away seems to be getting slimmer and slimmer. It is tough to see everything back home look some down. Besides the fact that I’m not due back again until June, as it looks now, I may not be back to Detroit again for some time,
Hard pills to swallow.
I guess this is also the New Year. I guess that is something to be happy about.
Here I am, at General Mitchel Milwaukee airport again. At least this time I’ve not been delayed. Rather, my changeover was about 2 hours long. I’m about to fly back to Kansas City. Vacation is over and its time to get back to the hum and drum. The odd part about it this year is that I’ve left wondering what I’m getting back to. Last year, I couldn’t wait to get back to Detroit, and back to all that I knew. This year, I’ve been living in Kansas City for over a year and a half, isn’t that my home now? Am I coming from home or am I going home?
Last year, I don’t know if I my life in KC had really gotten started yet. This year, I have set ways, set motions, set friends, set activities, and set places I am looking forward to getting back to. It felt different being back in Michigan this year. Last year, I felt like there just wasn’t enough time to see all the people I wanted to see and to do all the things I wanted to do. This year, there still wasn’t quite enough time to do it all, but at the same time, I wasn’t completely disappointed about it. There was more I wanted to do, but I certainly missed my life in KC a little bit. Is that just the time past catching up to me or is KC really starting to grow on me?
I wonder if everyone who relocated gets to this point. The point where they start to wonder if maybe it is time to consider their new home their home home. When does that happen? I’d imagine it is just a natural progression of things. It makes me wonder a little bit about where I’m going to end up. I’d hate to use the word settle, but maybe that’s what worries me a little. Do I want to be back in Detroit again? I have always said I do, but every time I open the newspaper up these days, I see another big headline telling me that it is getting harder and harder. The possibility of me coming back after a few years away seems to be getting slimmer and slimmer. It is tough to see everything back home look some down. Besides the fact that I’m not due back again until June, as it looks now, I may not be back to Detroit again for some time,
Hard pills to swallow.
I guess this is also the New Year. I guess that is something to be happy about.