It feels like I did nothing this fall except drive. I was so feeling good going into November because after the World Show I had no specific travel plans. I’d be home for a while.
That was not the case when John’s medical issues came up while I was in Oklahoma City and had to rush back. Now it’s been a flurry of driving mostly for medical reasons. This is something I know all too well.
In the fall of 2015 when I was still working in Tourism, we drove to Houston three times in three months. It wasn’t so much that but the trips to KU Medical Center in between got me.
The waves can be calming while also being chaotic.
I remember vividly when I went to one of my last Tourism meetings that was about halfway across the state. It was on my birthday, and I drove in the afternoon before so I could have dinner with a friend on the way. It was a good meeting and ended early to mid-afternoon.
When I got home Mike wasn’t feeling well. We checked in with the doctor in the morning and drove back to KU Medical Center the next day. He was put in the hospital, and I was sure we would not be home for Thanksgiving. After all, in October, he’d been in the hospital for two weeks and I’d had to miss the last Tourism Conference since I was resigning my position at the end of the year.
Anyone who has built Legos knows you start with chaos and create beauty.
I’ve always had the wanderlust. When I was horse showing the qualifying period ended at the end of July. Sometimes I would be at horse shows every weekend from May to July the closest being about a two-and-a-half-hour drive. Then if needed a last-minute point or two I would be trying to fit in those last few shows that were usually much farther away. When the first of August rolled around, I would be relieved to be home. That feeling dissipated after about two weeks. And I was ready once again to get on the road.
In the spring I would get a feeling of calm chaos when the wanderlust would strike. Calm because it was my passion, chaos because it always felt a bit chaotic when I was trying to leave.
I can make all the resolutions that I want about staying at home, they never work. I love to travel. Sometimes, even on the way to Colby (20 miles), I feel the elation of getting back behind the wheel.
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