Kentucky Home

I have had a whirlwind of two days. Less then 48 hours ago I was landing in Richmond from Colorado with Theresa, and now I am sitting in Jessica's townhouse in Kentucky. I am lucky that I have so many wonderful friends scattered across the country, but sprinkled in those destinations  in visiting are a few places that I absolutely love. Kentucky, well you sure are one of those.

I have been here a dozen times in the past few years, and each time I am here it is much like returning home. In light of the decision making process regarding my future, I am not going to pretend that being here right now isn't confusing to my heart. The opportunities for employment expand in the larger town, and the friendships that I have here would only grow. I understand that there are always going to be places that I love and will want to live in for some period of time, how do you balance a sense of home in visiting and feeling called to live somewhere permanently?

One of the greatest parts about today was actually the drive out here. I spent a little over 5 hours in the car driving across West Virginia and into Kentucky listening to a play list that was 66 songs long. I listened to the nearly entire thing, and even had time to obsess over a handful of favorites contained in the list:

1) City by Sara Bareillis

2) As I'm Leaving: David Gray

3) Hollywood's Not America: Ferras

In addition to listening to the play list I spent a lot of time thinking about all the tugs on my heart I have felt in the past week about where I could go. I have been inspired about "k.boo", I have actually started writing with intention, and I have been pursuing all my options. I had a lot of fun talking to Gracie who came along on this road trip and pretending she was human...well kind of. I would ask "Hey Gracie, do we need to stop and pee? Are you thirsty? Are we having fun yet?" 

Now that we are settling down, watching tivo'd American Idol its time to turn the over analytical brain off and head to bed.