S.O.S.D.D.

I have officially been in the greater DC area for 7.5 years now, and I have begun to realize something.

I am running out of things to see. With 2 kids 3 and under and a 30 minute drive to anywhere interesting, I spend an awful lot of time at home these days; but even if I lived closer to the buzz of the local Urbana, I've SEEN it. In three quarters of a decade, I have become familiar enough to transverse a hefty portion of territory both in and outside of the beltway without a map. Considering my complete lack of aptitude for directions, that is truly scary. Saturday, I drove from Wild West Virginia through Herndon to Fairfax, Virginia and realized I knew the ins and outs of every back road on the way. Typically? I can get lost in a paper bag. Or a mall parking lot. (Especially a mall parking lot.)

The time is approaching when I think it will be time to say Au Revoir to our little home in the hills and head for parts unknown. It makes me sad to realize the boys will remember little, if anything, about this place... but the sense of adventure, knowing there are places yet to be explored somewhere far, far away, is also giving me a good little buzz. At least there is plenty of time before this little pipe-dream becomes a reality, eh?