Kristy and I landed in Denver on Sunday night, just before a large snow storm blew through the area. The next morning, we woke to 7 inches of snow. On Tuesday, we packed up Kristy's belongings that were being stored at her parents' place in the Denver area and headed down to her townhouse in Colorado Springs. That night, I went over to the Roberts' place, where I'll be staying until the wedding.
The last few days have been full of sunny weather (the snow didn't last long - that's Colorado for ya!) and many efforts to get settled in with such basic modern luxuries as phone and broadband service.
Observations that have sent my head spinning since arriving back:
1. Cell phone service is ridiculously expensive and not nearly as accessible here in the States as it is in Europe, especially if you're not interested in signing 2 years of your life away with Verizon.
2. All this space to drive on the roads makes me dizzy. Could it be that I actually miss the smaller, narrower streets of England?! Maybe I've just developed a case of agoraphobia.
3. The variety of choice in restaurants and coffee shops is bewildering. This is a strange one for me. I love the convenience of having at least 3 different coffee shops around with with great coffee and free wireless internet, but at the same time, all these places to eat and shop and . . . well, consume . . . it just all smacks of materialism and vanity.
It reminds me of something I came across in cyberspace recently.
Own Less
If you don't own the latest thing,
it won't go out of date.
If you don't own much,
you won't have much to lose.
If you own next to nothing,
you won't worry about ending up with nothing.
If you own less than you want,
you will still have more than you need.
If you spend less money on things,
you can spend more time on you.
If you own less, you will value it more.
If you own only what you can carry,
you will carry less baggage around with you.
Travel light.
(HT: Jonny Baker)
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Not relevant necessarily, but check out "The Black Keys" if you get a chance - they have 2 videos on Launch; they arent new, but they're unheard of by alot of folks.
ReplyDeleteThey got soul man.
Glad you kids got home safely!
I hear ya on the cell phone thing Brandon. What Hailey and I did was to finally bite the bullet and go with Sprint for one year. We figured that we would just pay the $150 buy-out of our contract when the time came. It turned out (and I can't promise this will happen to you) that when it came time to cancel, they waved the fee because I was moving to Ireland, where Sprint didn't provide service. They may not advertise this fact because it could easily be exploited but they left me with a good taste in the mouth because of it.
ReplyDeleteBut of course, you may just want to own less right now. Less: the new more.
Matt