Day 27

The Myth of the Next House

If an alien came to earth and watched how we use our homes what would they discover from watching us?
Because I’m pretty sure if an alien watched House Hunters on HGTV for a few hours they would deduct that everyone on earth must entertain often, it seems it’s all people on that show can talk about.  They go on and on about how they are going to entertain in their next house and how they love having people over and this next house is gonna help them do that.
I’ve realized something about myself and maybe you do it, too.  I seem to always put the burden on my next house.  Because the current house never seems to be ready.  It never seems to be quite good enough. It doesn’t seem to have the potential that I’m sure my next house will have.
My next house….? That’s where the real living is gonna happen.

Well, if we ever move into a "next house", it will surely have more potential, since we may be able to paint and renovate.  And it should be better for entertaining, since it has to be bigger!  But what we do best as a family is almost as easily done in this little apartment as in a big, lovely new house.  And that is play, talk, eat, sleep.  There's at least some room for Gracie, a place for the computer, a small but working kitchen, a tiny but functional bedroom.  Yes, it's small, but its home for now, it kept out the wind and rain of Hurricane Sandy this week, and didn't lose power.  It's not a great house, but it's home.  And this is where real living takes place.