It's The Reality of The Imagination....

New job, new year, new locale. Interesting things all to their own. I now find myself living in this city that's always been a ideal of mine. An ideal in the fact that I've always revered it in the small glimpses of visits that I've had in the past. Plus, there's a giant freakin' lake! But, when visiting such a wonderland of epic serenity, one tends to block out the everyday of it. The fact that there are grocery stores, and you have to know how to find them. The fact that the house you moved into was without the finer things in life, such as running water and heat. But those things slowly worked out and I'm sort of learning the practicality of the area. Duluth is now becoming less of an ideal and more of a home. Yeah, sure I still do get that awe inspired gasp every night coming down the hill from a long day at work when I see the sun shining over the harbor. Yeah, I really do love a long drive up the shore (okay, not in the snow....scenic roads don't like to be plowed in the winter time, it's an unwritten rule, I guess) and sometimes, just sometimes I feel that raw energy pouring off of Lake Superior and refreshing my mind. I'm grateful that this is a home, and that it will have to be fixed and prodded into submission. I love the fact that those who come over remarks on even with it's shortcomings, it's arbitrary holes in walls every here and there, it's very much a place of comfort. The kids love it here. They all have their own space to be themselves and not have to think about things that a child shouldn't have to deal with, such as money and responsibilities of taking care of siblings untended by self-involved parents.  I dislike the harsh realities I'm seeing at my new place of employ. The rebellious side of me constantly encouraging me to bulk at it's rules, it's definition of putting people in boxes and keeping them accounted for. Psh, I say, PSH! Adult life by those standards isn't a life for the likes of me. But, it's a job. It pays those adult bills. I'll keep it and keep my real self in check. Here's hoping!