Roots

09 Nov 2007 By

It occurred to me the other day that I have written my last check to my landlord. By the time my lease is up, I’ll have stayed in this place for two years, which is longer than I’ve lived anywhere since my parents’ house.

I really thought that I would be staying in that apartment until either I bought myself some property or moved out of town all together. I went through a whole room-by-room furniture planning process. I got as far as outfitting my dining room/office. I bought a real couch.

But, you know, meh. Things change. I wasn’t expecting to stay in the Twin Cities for 8 years (off and on). I certainly wasn’t planning to spend the rest of my life here. Which could very well happen. Couldn’t say for 100% certain, but I’d be okay with that.

I’m pulling up these roots that I thought I had planted, but yet I have deeper roots than I thought I did. Funny how that works, eh?

  • Missy

    I am about to get super sappy. So get ready. I was thinking about what you wrote and I looked over at the plant (you know the big green one that survives despite my haphazard care). Anyway, I was thinking that the plant was like us. You are the little one and I am the tall one. And now, like the plant, we get to keep our roots in the same place and share our growth. With our little leaves intermingling. And even if we move the planter, our roots will still be together. Ack!! I didn’t realize it was going to get that sappy. That’s pretty bad. But, I mean it. I’m so happy to be with you, living in the same place for real.

    So now, since I turned the plant into an allegory of our relationship, I will probably feel obligated to take better care of it. Actually, I probably shouldn’t do anything differently because I would feel REALLY terrible if it died.

  • http://www.funchilde.com Funchilde

    i don’t have any words…i’m just laughing my ass off at your collective good fortune. may the god of all things smile on you and everything you love.

    maybe i need to get a plant!

  • http://www.kazoofus.com KathyHowe

    I don’t think it is possible for me to be ANY HAPPIER FOR YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    :)
    :)
    :)

  • http://mysocalledblog.com Lachlan

    OMG, Missy, that was about the cutest thing I’ve read in eons.

    Erica, you are one lucky lady! The cuteness, it overfloweth!

  • http://www.dustbury.com/ CGHill

    Oh, what I wouldn’t give for that level of sappiness somewhere adjacent to my life.

    Good on ya, Missy. (Besides, anything that makes Erica smile is a Good Thing.)

  • http://liminalmusings.com Deirdre

    Life happens.

    Y’all are too cute.