restless
I was driving down Northwest Highway last night, on my way to the big electronics store on the other side of town to look for a particular part I need.
I drove past a Target and my mind flashed back to the very first time I had been in that store. I had just moved into the area and I went there shopping for housekeeping supplies. I checked out and carried my stuff out to the parking lot. But I could not find my car, hard as I searched. Just as I was about to think my car was stolen I discovered it was on the other side of the building. That Target has two identical front entrances and checkouts on opposite sides of the store. I wonder how many others have made exactly the same mistake there.
That trip was memorable in another way too. It was a beautiful Spring afternoon. Instead of heading back to the little apartment I had just rented I decided to explore a little. I headed west, driving with the windows down and came to an area that I thought was really pretty. Lots of trees and big chalky cliffs. About that time I realized I was driving on a flat tire. I pulled into a church parking lot and changed it. The odd thing is that I now live in that area and attend that very church. But that did not happen until many years later.
It is hard to believe that was so long ago. I moved here on April Fool's Day, 1987. There was snow on the ground, which is rare here so late in the spring. I never expected to stay here this long. I was not entirely sure that I wanted to even be here at all. I was working for a company that was relocating and offered to move me. I was tired of being where I was and this was closer to my family so I thought I might as well.
It makes me feel restless to think I have spent so much of my time in this one place.
Posted by Bill Hopkins on March 7, 2004 08:50 AMI Hear ya!!! I have lived in 54 places in 58 years!!! I am used to being uprooted at least every two years if not sooner!! some of these mves have neem to temporary qtrs, but still it is a move. SOmetimes these moves have neem 4-5 a year, but they were still moves. I have owned my house now for 12 years, and I too am getting restless...
Posted by: Mary Lou at March 7, 2004 11:33 AMI found your site while reminiscing about Mickey and Amanda. Their show was a favorite memory of growing up in still-small town Arlington in the late 1950's and 1960's. I browsed some of your writings and enjoyed much of what you had to say. Wasn't it great to be thrilled by that dinky little subway at Leonard's?
Suzie Davis
Sweetwater, TX
