Back Home again in Indiana...
I'm sitting at my P's house all alone. They went to visit an uncle in St. Louis and the dog is at my sister's house. I came back home to get my hair cut...yeah, I drove 3 hours to get my haircut back in my hometown. I know that there are plenty of people that can cut hair in the entire Chicagoland area, but it's just not the same. I always look forward to getting my hair cut here because I can get caught up on all the goings-on and gossip that I missed since the last haircut. Just can't get that in Chicago.
I also just needed to get out of town for awhile. I've been working extremely hard the past couple of months and simply wanted to get away from the hustle and bustle of the big city. As I've said before, the drive home is refreshing. I get to relax and enjoy everything around me when I'm here. Other than the spotty weather, fall is a pretty good time in the small town for me. I've been driving around everywhere today, and it's been great. One of my favorites is to be driving out in the country near someone who has a fire a-goin'. No, not the fireplace fire, but the burning leaves with some wood thrown on for effect-type fire. The smell of the sap that is being burned/evaporated from the wood brings back good memories from when I was a kid and "helped" grandpa make real maple syrup. I don't think he did it very often, but I distinctly remember the one time he had the big vat out in the shed and was boiling down the sap to maple syrup. It took a couple of days, and it takes something like 10 gallons of sap to make 1 gallon of syrup (yup, I'm full of useless knowledge). But the smell of the condensing sap, and the same smell from burning leaves and wood, that make me enjoy being back home.
It's just alot simpler here, and there are times that I do miss it, and those times seem to be more frequent lately. Well, it's getting late and I've got to get up at 5 so I can drive back to the big city so I can catch the big Man U-Chelsea match tomorrow morning. Sure 'nough, I make it a point to be at a bar at 10Am, and I'm not drinking...maybe I've got my priorities out of whack. Well, 'til next time...
Cheers!
I also just needed to get out of town for awhile. I've been working extremely hard the past couple of months and simply wanted to get away from the hustle and bustle of the big city. As I've said before, the drive home is refreshing. I get to relax and enjoy everything around me when I'm here. Other than the spotty weather, fall is a pretty good time in the small town for me. I've been driving around everywhere today, and it's been great. One of my favorites is to be driving out in the country near someone who has a fire a-goin'. No, not the fireplace fire, but the burning leaves with some wood thrown on for effect-type fire. The smell of the sap that is being burned/evaporated from the wood brings back good memories from when I was a kid and "helped" grandpa make real maple syrup. I don't think he did it very often, but I distinctly remember the one time he had the big vat out in the shed and was boiling down the sap to maple syrup. It took a couple of days, and it takes something like 10 gallons of sap to make 1 gallon of syrup (yup, I'm full of useless knowledge). But the smell of the condensing sap, and the same smell from burning leaves and wood, that make me enjoy being back home.
It's just alot simpler here, and there are times that I do miss it, and those times seem to be more frequent lately. Well, it's getting late and I've got to get up at 5 so I can drive back to the big city so I can catch the big Man U-Chelsea match tomorrow morning. Sure 'nough, I make it a point to be at a bar at 10Am, and I'm not drinking...maybe I've got my priorities out of whack. Well, 'til next time...
Cheers!
posted by Rocco @ 10:32 PM
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