We've taken the same walk a hundred times, up and down every side street, even the alleyways. It all started as a house hunt. We'd pace our favorite neighborhood, the one near downtown, near the library and the good restaurants.
How old is this house?
Is the inside as nice as the outside?
Do they have a garage?
Now, we live here, but we keep taking the same walk, asking the same questions.
Is this garage bigger than ours?
How many bedrooms?
What do you think of that deck?
Do we need that much yard?
We make pit stops in the coffee shop where they are starting to recognize us.
It's becoming something of a hobby. We are not looking to move, nor are we discontent with our home. We just like to walk and wonder, each time noticing how the houses have changed, or stumbling upon a new one we've never noticed before. We check up on houses we considered but didn't buy. Some are back on the market, flipped or just more than the new owners bargained for.
Between blocks, we talk life. So much has been decided between the library and the coffee shop.
When will we go to graduate school?
When will we have kids?
Should we hire a gardener?
How much should we save?
What are we trying to accomplish?
Who will we be when it's time to move to the west side of the neighborhood?
Lovely. Walking together. Talking together. Being together.
ReplyDeleteLove the idea of walking together and discussing life.
ReplyDelete"We just like to walk and wonder" - beautiful ritual, together!
ReplyDeleteThere is a serenity to the rhythm of this post and your walks. Real life and imagination beautifully blended.
ReplyDeleteThis is so nice particularly the fact that you two get a time to reflect on some of these upcoming milestones in your future. Enjoy the peace before the kids and the hecticness of grad school, etc.
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