Last month I had been considering the possibility of moving out of my two-bedroom apartment to a one-bedroom that had become available over at the next building of the complex I live in. The rent would’ve been sixty dollars less than what I pay now, and when the landlord said she was going to have a full remodel done, I became excited and asked her to put me down on the list.
Since my son has left home, a two-bedroom almost seems too big for my cat and me. Although my cat may mew to differ. A few weeks later, I decided to walk over and look in the windows to see how the work was progressing. The apartment had been gutted and a couple of walls had been taken out to make the living room larger.
As I surveyed the work that had been done, though, I noticed the apartment was trapped by the shade of the other buildings and trees. Two hours of sunlight left, and not one single ray was filtering in any of the windows. Whatever thoughts I had of moving were dashed. Compared to the sunlight I enjoy all day, a northwest exposure would mean little to no sunlight. My bedrooms face the east and the living and dining rooms face the southwest. Giving that up to save sixty dollars a month, especially with the darkest days of the year, didn’t seem to be a sensible trade off.
I’m not one who depresses easily, but given the right environment and circumstances, I can be bummed out to the point where I just sit on the couch all day and stare at the wall. Having learned several times before that it is not wise to act contrary to your intuition, I called my landlord to let her know I had decided to stay put.
With the advent of the Christmas season, I find myself experiencing a bit of melancholy as I look at the spot in the living room where my son and I had put up our last Christmas tree a few years back. My daughter was able to fly out from California for a visit. It had been eight years since the last time that the three of us celebrated the season together. Now with my son in the Army, and my daughter in college, it may be a sometime before we get a chance like that again.
Article comments
1 - RJ
Fine post. Thank you for sharing that. :-)
2 - S L Cunningham
RJ,
Thank you for your feedback. Appreciate the response. Scot
3 - Luke
Most Japanese people are not Christian, and even they celebrate Christmas, and they actually call it Christmas too, what a concept.
4 - Chantal Stone
How ironic that we've become such an overly sensitive society that the term "Christmas" can be offensive to some, and our government recognizes that, yet the very same "sensitive" government doesn't seem to be offended by the thousands of men, women and children being slaughtered every day in Darfur. Talk about peace on earth and goodwill to man.
5 - S L Cunningham
CS,
Without question, Darfur has become a humanitarian disaster, and it does seem that our response, as well as the United Nations , has been too little, too late. Hopefully public awareness will be raised so that something is done to help end the suffering of so many people. Thanks for commenting.
6 - Luke
Why has America not invaded Darfur and overthrown it's dictatorship government? Where is operation Darfuri freedom?
7 - S L Cunningham
I'm not sure how your question is relevant to my topic? Did I miss something?
8 - RJ
"Why has America not invaded Darfur and overthrown it's dictatorship government? Where is operation Darfuri freedom?"
Fine concept. But where the hell are we gonna get the troops?