Current mood: contemplative
So the word on the street is that we are moving up to the bay area for Tim's job sometime in the next month. But-last night Timmy and I put our little heads together and really thought hard about this one. Bay area= more traffic, houses with no land, stressful and fast-paced lifestyle and for what purpose? To live near some shopping mall? Please!? What for? So we can spend all our money on useless things everyday? Living in Irvine, "the OC" has proved that theory. I can easily spend $100 a day on "things we need" without even trying. (I don't all the time but I have) If we lived in a small town, we would only shop every couple weekends and that's fine by me! (That's how it was in Wyoming and it worked out fine- just stock up when you go!) And- I'm sure you've seen in all my pics that I don't need any help with my wardrobe! :) It IS nice to have all the best shopping malls in the nation right here in my own neighboorhood, but is it necessary to my happiness? I think not.
Bay area...hmmmm...lots of restaurants...I can cook very well thank you. And even more so when my lifestyle is slower to allow room for it. Lets see, rely on restaurants for the rest of my life or provide healthy food for my family...(I think many people here eat out daily and we started to for a while) Bay area=Tim's job/promotion...well now here's a toughie. Do we go where the $$$$/instant gratification is or where our hearts are leading us? The latter might be a more difficult path at first, then the perfect opportunity could be found there in time. (Tim says he should get to quit his job and stay home for a while like I have, and I should be the breadwinner) :) Oh I will one day in time Timmy, right after my first book becomes a bestseller. Just you wait! :)
Another major factor in our decisions are our future children. Do we really want to raise them in a busy neighboorhood where if they go outside to play I have to worry about some creep running them over with their gigantic Land Rover? Red Rover don't run my kid over! :) OR- send them out to play out on 4 acres of our beautiful, green grassy meadow with tons of perfect tree-house trees and a babbling brook? Gee now that's not a hard decision after all is it? And did you know there's a new issue called "nature-defecit-disorder" with kids in our society? (Lack of exposure to the outdoors and inability to enjoy the outdoors once they are there) And guess what the cause is? All those mindless video games, TV, DVD's, the internet...Kids aren't playing outside anymore and learning how to be creative. The video game already does that for them. SAD. So I definetly want to keep nature a big part of our kids lives. It is more liberating than sitting in front of a video game like a robot.
People in smaller towns watch out for each other because being that there are less people, they value each other more. I loved going to the grocery store in Laramie and always seeing people I knew. This was always a small reminder that where ever I went in town, there were always friends around. Safe.
So anywhoo-that's the current update on our ever-changing life. Tim and I both feel we would ultimately be much happier in a smaller town, bigger house with more land, and a better life for our 10 future children. :) Now back to reality! How are we gonna make this work?!!! We haven't a clue! Not too many jobs right now in Sonora...We'll just have to pray...
p.s. Maybe I'm really a country girl who was raised in a city family so I'm a little confused. But I'm figuring it out. :)
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