Country roads...

take me home...to the place, I belong.

Sitting here in my parents living room with the dog snoozing on the chair and my granddad scuffling around the house makes me wonder why I ever left.

Then I remember that now I have my own sweet pad with a dog snoozing on the floor and a boyfriend scuffling around the house...just no gramps or parents. It's strange how we grow up and get older and get new tastes for old flavors that bring that flood of nostalgia you hate, but also think about when you're all alone thinking about...stuff.

My parents have taken my sister to perform in a concert with her school and this morning I woke up and walked with the dog around their garden. Garden, is an understatement...they've got some serious wildlife up in here. Oh, and I woke up before the rooster today. Boo ya...in your FACE, cock-a-doodle-doo. As I was walking around contemplating which plants to take cuttings from to start in my urban, pot-filled (I'm talkin' terra cotta, folks) patio I realize how I took this peace and quiet for granted. I mean, seriously for granted.

Not that Richmond City is the loudest or wildest place to live...it's just we don't have bunnies running from the vegetable garden or frogs jumping into ponds when they hear you coming. No, we just hear sirens, cars with exhausts that are totally compensating for something and car doors. Slamming. Do we not know how to close a door? Must we always pull the old Aimee Elmer and slam that thing like it's your...

Yea, that's enough of that. All I really wanted to say is that being home is always refreshing for me and I'll never regret living here my young life and being able to come back anytime I choose. Those of you that didn't have the opportunity to grow up in a small town that allowed you bare feet 99% of the time or Prom Queen status...I'm sorry. Go rent a cottage in the mountains back here for a week and call me when you're back in town. It's totally worth smelling the honeysuckle and hearing the babbling creek.

Yes, it babbles...no joke.