Home?

I love going home to Michigan.

I love the water, the beaches.

I love the family, the history that my family has there.

I love the sun sets over the lake.

I love the fact that I can swim in the lake and not worry about something stinging or biting me.

But is it "home"?

I mean, it will always have a place in my heart, but is it home?

Is it the place I feel comfortable?

Is it the place I want to spend forever?

Is it the place where employment that my husband enjoys is located?

No, not at this time. Maybe later in life, but right here, right now, this is home.

This is the place of comfort, the place where Bob has a job he loves. The place where Mike can recieve the services needed. If I could change one thing about where we live, it would be the education system. What was good enough for our generation IS NOT good enough for our children. But, at this moment in our lives, here is where we'll stay so HERE is where I will work to make my sons education the best it can be.

It's in the air...

There's something about being back in Michigan. It's the people, it's the beach, the availabilty of lakes, it's the familiarity of it. In Michigan, people work hard, but they play hard too. I've never seen boats and ski resorts advertised in the same mile of highway any other place I've lived. They are proud of being from Michigan. The fact that the "o" sounds more like an "a" doesn't phase them when they talk. They know what upers are, and how to understand them. The roads (for the most part) are layed out in a grid patteren. The highways run north and south and east and west. Not spoking out from a central location. The summer is amazing and the winters are WHITE!!! At least untill the dog goes out side.

I realize that Bob has a good job, and we aren't planning on moving, but there's something in the air up here. Once you come, you'll be back.

Horizon- by: Teri Olund

Horizon

Look out into the horizon

What is it that you see?

A place where the sun

Melts into the trees

A place wherere the sky

Becomes the see

A place for new beginnings

A place where it ends

It is a vast mountain

Snow-capped white

It is the day solely fading to night

It is boundless in dreams

No boundaries will you find

If you should follow it

You will surely travel forever...

The dreaded job hunt is on...

Ok, so I'm not a lazy person. Not by a long shot, but I have a delema. I need to get a flexable job. A job that allows me to work 3 days a week, and take long breaks around the holidays and summer, due to school scheduals. I have no problem working, as long as I can keep my family first. I don't want to put my kids in daycare while I'm at work. I've been able to avoid it for the past 5 years, I don't want to start now. Plus what's the point in working if all or even half my salery goes to paying for daycare? It's to get ahead on the bills and pay off the back debt. Maybe even help twords paying down our morgage. Who knows. I'm not picky, I'll flip burgers if it means that I'm able to take the time off that is needed. But what about the summer? I NEED a job that will allow me to take the summer off. Maybe a part time seasonal job is what I need? I don't know. A job that allowed me to work from home would be GREAT, but I'm not sure where to start looking for one. UGH.... The dreaded job hunt begins...

planning...

I'm in the mist of planning our trip to Michigan. I always look forward to Michigan. I miss the sand and water. I miss the snow, and most of all I miss my family.