It's fall in Indiana where we live. The weather is getting colder, the trees are turning and the fields are being harvested. For the last two weekends we have traveled to Oxford Ohio for Miami University football and hockey games.
The first weekend we went we were getting onto I-70 to drive over to Oxford from Indianapolis. As we were starting our journey we read one of the digital boards over the highway telling us that I-70 was closed at a certain point in our route due to an accident. We decided to get off of the interstate in Greenfield that day and take Route 40 - The National Highway into Ohio. We had always talked about doing this but never made the time.
That weekend the trip was all right until we hit one of the towns near the accident on I-70. Then we could see that everyone had exited the interstate and had the same idea we did. Traffic came to a stop and moved at a crawl through all the small towns along 40. The trip took longer than we anticipated but we finally made it to Centerville and were able to take the back roads to Oxford.
After that experience we decided to take the same route again the next week. The next trip was totally different. Where there was traffic along 40 and all the small towns were backed up with people trying to avoid the accident the week before, this week we enjoyed a leisurely trip with minimal traffic.
Did you know there is a Cleveland, Indiana or a Dublin Indiana or a Lewisville Indiana? I did not until we got off the interstate and took Route 40 through all those small towns. We saw fields being harvested and roadside stands selling pumpkins and gourds. We stopped at one stand outside Knightstown to try and get a few additional fall mums. The mums had been killed by the frost the night before but I did score a few pumpkins and gourds.
It was a beautiful day to get off the interstate and take a much more relaxed drive across Indiana and into Ohio. We spent last Saturday enjoying football, fall weather and a great hockey game where Miami University beat THE Ohio State University.
It took me all of Sunday to recover from the festivities and travel. But, that is another post for another day.
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Friday, October 9, 2015
Transitions
Ok, raise your hand. Who loves change? No takers? Personally I know change is a part of our lives. We can probably add to the old saying that we all face death, taxes and constant change. For me the most frustrating change is when one of my digital devices gets an "update" and suddenly everything looks different. It is especially difficult for my husband. We are both digital immigrants but he is probably more of an immigrant than I am.
So recently Bob and I were talking about what we would put on our Christmas card this year. We do one of those custom holiday cards with photos from the year we have just completed. Our card has included of both us and our son James with the NHL Stanley Cup. We have had photos of us with the USHL Clark Cup (both times when the Indiana Ice hockey team won it). It has also included photos of us with our son James and his family (including our grandson, Ronan the Magnificent).
We did not do a holiday card last year because it was in the middle of my completion of my doctorate and planning of graduation and a party. So this year we need to catch up.
This year has been a year of transitions. I finished graduate school and got my doctorate.
Our grandson Ronan is approaching three (going on thirty) and is making the transition from a toddler to a boy.
Two of our hockey players are in their senior year at Miami and will be graduating in the spring.
So you have a preview of what will be included in our holiday card this year.
As I said we live in a state of constant change. It is all wonderful because all of us have achieved goals we have set for ourselves. Yet it is also bittersweet because things will not be the same next year at this time.
For me (being someone who is a glass half full kind of person) I will be sad for the changes in our lives yet also I know that the future will bring new experiences and possibilities. We already have one hockey player wedding on our schedule for next year (TJ Syner is marrying his long time love). Ronan will continue to grow and mature and will be looking at preschool next year. Bob and I will continue to set new goals for ourselves and face (and enjoy) the changes in our lives.
Transitions may be something we really don't want but they are a fact of life. Who knows what the future may bring?
So recently Bob and I were talking about what we would put on our Christmas card this year. We do one of those custom holiday cards with photos from the year we have just completed. Our card has included of both us and our son James with the NHL Stanley Cup. We have had photos of us with the USHL Clark Cup (both times when the Indiana Ice hockey team won it). It has also included photos of us with our son James and his family (including our grandson, Ronan the Magnificent).
We did not do a holiday card last year because it was in the middle of my completion of my doctorate and planning of graduation and a party. So this year we need to catch up.
This year has been a year of transitions. I finished graduate school and got my doctorate.
Our grandson Ronan is approaching three (going on thirty) and is making the transition from a toddler to a boy.
Two of our hockey players are in their senior year at Miami and will be graduating in the spring.
So you have a preview of what will be included in our holiday card this year.
As I said we live in a state of constant change. It is all wonderful because all of us have achieved goals we have set for ourselves. Yet it is also bittersweet because things will not be the same next year at this time.
For me (being someone who is a glass half full kind of person) I will be sad for the changes in our lives yet also I know that the future will bring new experiences and possibilities. We already have one hockey player wedding on our schedule for next year (TJ Syner is marrying his long time love). Ronan will continue to grow and mature and will be looking at preschool next year. Bob and I will continue to set new goals for ourselves and face (and enjoy) the changes in our lives.
Transitions may be something we really don't want but they are a fact of life. Who knows what the future may bring?
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