Movin' on My Mind

Only two more weekends at our current apartment; moving is weighing heavily on my mind. Not because of the work involved (we're pros at it), but because we're so anxious to get there. Since the kids were at our apartment Sunday night, we were all bumping elbows in the taco assembly line in the kitchen. I won't miss that!

I may miss the openness of the living/dining room we have now. It is one, good-sized room, 24 feet long, to be exact. If we want to pop up the drop leaves to the dining table, we can easily seat 8-10 people. I'm not sure if it will be that easy at the new place, but then again, how often do we have 8 to 10 people for a meal? The living room and kitchen are separated by a 1/2 wall with a breakfast bar, so it is still open...just a little different set up for dining.

We have a ground-floor entrance to our current apartment and it is all one level, but it is built on a hill and when you walk out the back door there is an elevated balcony. I may miss that, too. The morning and evening air is finally getting cool enough to enjoy it again.

Bob and I went to the Hendersonville fireworks display on July 3rd this year with my sister, Jodie, and her husband, Randy. We didn't dream the downtown Nashville fireworks on the 4th would be so amazing and didn't attend, (although we watched it live in HD on TV). I don't know if we will be brave enough to embrace the experience (including crowds, traffic, heat, etc.) next year or not. From what we saw on TV along with the Nashville Symphony playing live throughout the show, we're feeling like it may be worth making the effort...at least once.

Anyway....on the evening of the 4th after the fireworks on TV were over, Bob and I heard rather loud booms and saw flashes of light through the living room windows. As we walked out on our balcony to see what was up, it was if the city of Goodlettsville was putting on a fireworks display...just for us...in honor of our first 4th of July in Tennessee. There, from the comfort of our wicker chairs was one of the most lovely fireworks shows I had ever seen. Flashes of cascading, colored light, strategically placed between the trees on either side of our balcony so as not to block our view. It was quite a memory.

I have some lovely balcony memories. It's amazingly quiet out there considering we are in the middle of an apartment complex. It is a place for conversation or just meditation. A place to enjoy as the sun rises and sets, in the daylight or in the dark. I think Lexi has a memory or two of the balcony as well....ears go through rail posts much easier than they come back out.

Well, at least, when we arrive at the new apartment, we will still have a small patio. It is big enough for our wicker chairs and end table. Big enough to enjoy sunrises and sunsets, to have conversation, to meditate or just to dream. I'm good at that.