Beauty in the Burbs
So if you have not heard the news....I am moving to the Burbs. I am leaving my wonderful home with the McVickers in NE PDX to move into a new townhouse in the suburbs. It will be ready the first of August. It will be clean. Neat. There is a pool, hot tub, workout facility, and a sweet cabana area equipped with a full-kitchen and a big screen t.v.No I have not sold my soul to the devil. At least I don’t think so.
Most of you know how anti-suburbs I am. I have hated the idea of the burbs for the longest time. The last year working out there, this year going to school out there, has been a huge pain in the toosh with all of the commuting. Since September, I have been home hardly at all, basically to sleep. It has become increasingly difficult for me to separate both worlds, between work/school and my love for the city. The burbs have won this one for a season. I am trying to keep myself sane at the thought of living in the burbs with the following mantras:
1) It is like you are going away to college, it won’t be forever(repeat 5x a day and drink a glass of wine)
2) You are going to learn about another culture(repeat 10x a week with a bottle of wine)
3) Jesus loves the Gold Mercedes SUV drivers with the matching Jesus-fish on the back, with poorly highlight hair and faux-nails and the “I wish I were shopping at Nordstrom” license plate cover.(repeat hourly while downing shots of tequila)
This will be a good experience for me despite the fact that knowone is going to be visiting once I move away from the “real world.”
The last couple of weeks I have been processing through what it means to be leaving somewhere that I love so dear, but know that an excitement stirs in me thinking about all that is new to come. I am excited about living in the suburbs. I know I sound crazy, but I am excited about what it looks like. I think that my perceptions of the burbs will be challenged and that I will be able to find the beauty in the places that I would least expect it. For some beauty lies within large buildings, for some it is in the strip malls...I will be searching for the Light in a dark, dark place!
I am excited about living where I spend a majority of my time. I am excited about being able to go to the same coffee place that I go to during the week. I am excited about running into people that I meet while out with the kids and being able to be kind to people. I am REALLY excited that I will be able to sleep in a bit longer than usual.
posted by Kat @ 2:31 PM
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