i may have just picked the best township EVER to live in.

may have.

well except i didn't pick it. He did.

and no folks, this is not a sarcastic comment.

i know that's hard to believe.

but i don't know where else i could walk, that's right walk, 15 minutes through apartment complexes (that disgust me how they are piled on top of each other) to a hiking trail and happen upon a wide open field with 5-10 deer grazing at dusk. or drive 15 minutes north and be in a bustling metropolitan city filled with arts and a university and inner city children and so many needs. or drive 15 minutes west and feel like i'm in the middle of nowhere with farms and one lane back roads. or drive 15 minutes south and be in a whole different kind of college town that some times makes me briefly feel like i'm in paris. or drive 30 minutes east and be at the ocean. or hop on the train and be in nyc in an hour. folks, its official. i can have my cake and eat it too.

i finally have found a place that is still accessible to the rest of the world...which i love most of the time. and yet allows me to be completely alone and outdoors when i need it to keep my sanity. and it's so close. while i still miss chicago, i have to say, since i am a person who likes my options, this just might work.

it just might work.