Home Sweet Home?

That was my thought as I pulled into Madison yesterday after a 4 day camping expedition in the middle of the Mississippi River... I've always enjoyed the thought of living in our state's capital city. I mean the city is relatively cool for being a city... "There's always something to do" sure hits it right on the nose. The restaurants, the entertainment, the 208,052 other residents of the city besides me and my wife... I mean, there has to be something said about a town where over half the population is renting instead of owning. Is this a suitcase destination for Wisconsinites? Are people drawn here for school and starter jobs and then move on to somewhere else? After this weekend I can't blame anyone for wanting a little piece of their own somewhere other than here.

I really don't have anything negative to say about the city other than its just not what I want in my life. I don't want neighbors that live only a wall away. I don't want neighbors that live 50 feet away. I just want a little spot out in rural land where I can have a house and a huge yard to ride my lawn mower on. I want a house to call my own and a barn for my wife's horses so they're not scattered all over the countryside. Heck, for the amount of boarding fees for a year, we can easily pay the taxes on a good chunk of land!

Rant, rant, rant. Its not going to get anyone anywhere... My trip this weekend was great. It was time well spent with friends I don't get to see nearly often enough. I even got to shoot a duck while I was doing it. I also got to crap in the woods several times because the main meat during the extent of the trip was greasy ass bacon. Who knew starting to eat right would ruin me on bacon? WTF?

3 am wake up calls, swamping 44 degree water over your waders, boat rides in the rain and sleet… I guess some wouldn’t call it a good time, but I think they’d be wrong. I think it gave me a little more perspective on life and where I want to be in a few years. Family and friends are becoming more and more important to me as time goes by… I think now is the time to act instead of letting time go by. Well, give me until June, then I’ll have acted for sure!