netherfield
Longing for the beach today. Or the mountains. Actually, I’d settle for just rain. Something different. We’re visiting my parents next weekend, so that’ll be a nice change of scenery, among other things. We’ve been so house-focused over the course of the past 6 months or so; I think we need some distance to help establish perspective, and to help us keep from getting burned out. I’m looking forward to the feeling of “coming back” to our house, driving up the cul-de-sac and having it come into view. That’ll be nice.
Speaking of nice things about the house, here are a few:
- It is, apparently, under the GSO approach flight path, like the old house. Regional jets routinely scurry overhead, and on Saturday afternoon, I saw the unmistakable silhouette of a Citation X. It’s near the practice areas of several local airports, too, so there’s always something up there.
- No power lines. I realized yesterday whilst mowing the yard that they’re all buried. Very nice.
- Ridiculously easy yard to take care of. Big, healthy rectangle of grass in the backyard, no maintenance trees and bushes. Only the side yard needs occasional tending, and that’s very manageable.
- The crest of the lot. Love, love, love this. Drainage is ideal and the house is very well situated—but not “exposed” or too prominent. The two trees in the front yard help with that
- Normalcy. After the adventure that was the old house (as grateful as we continue to be for it), it’s refreshing to be in a house with normal studs and drywall, normal doors and windows, and normal squared-up dimensions between things. That isn’t to say some things aren’t off, but they’re the exception rather than the rule.
Question of the day: Should we name our house? Would that be pretentious? Thinking of house-related words for the name of the post immediately brought to mind the names of some of the houses in P&P: Longbourn, Netherfield, Pemberley, and so on. It would be nice to be able to tell the kids, in returning from an errand, “Okay, now we’re going back to Such-and-Such,” instead of simply, “Okay, now we’re going back to the house.” But maybe it’s too much.