Home Sweet Home

I took Ron to Hershey, PA this week and showed him around my home town. I took him to Chocolate World and I felt like a kid again. It was really neat to experience it with him for the first time. I faced a lot of ghosts, confronted the past, dealt with the emotions and had a great experience here. I love the season of fall. I haven't seen fall in 5 years, so it was nice to come home to the trees and crisp, chill air. Unfortunately, there was a snow storm before we came so a lot of the leaves were stripped off the trees and the remaining leaves were brown and yellow. I got robbed of my visit a little bit, but at least the weather was nice and the snow had melted when we arrived.

I didn't think it would feel so good to be in Hershey again because my memories are mostly negative in this town. But being in a better place now, at peace with myself and happy in my new home, I was able to enjoy it here and appreciate the country. Boy, do I ever miss the country! It was so nice to be one of the only cars on the road with slow speed limits and non-crowded shops/restaurants. I really do miss the small town life, but I certainly am not built for snow winters. My body freezes up and I hibernate until it's over! I do miss the thunderstorms and warm rain for days, sometimes weeks. East coast weather gave me an excuse to stay in and snuggle in a blanket, read, watch TV, scrapbook or nap. I actually missed it and if I had to, I could live on the east coast again. I think it's beautiful out there and I am a country gal at heart.

I took Ron to the Amish community in Lancaster. It was quite the experience for him. He said, "I feel like I just went back in a time machine to the 1800's." I could live the Amish life - no phones, computer or TV. But without the clothes and controlling beliefs. I love the simple life! I could easily move to a small island and live among the islanders fishing, cooking over the beach fires, and cooperate as family with the villagers. Simple, no stress, natural work and natural deaths. That's the best way to go in my opinion. I've been giving that some serious thought lately. I'm beginning my research on small island life where the people are not colonized because the island is too small and too inconvenient to get to. It is a dream of mine. :o)

Ron & I went to the Steelers vs. the Ravens in Pittsburgh. That was way fun! He's been a Steelers fan since he was a kid. His San Diego Chargers friends say he must have been dropped on his head when he was a baby. :o) I went all out! We were waving our terrible towels! Although this game had a disappointing end, we got to enjoy most of the game until the last 20 seconds when the Ravens scored a touchdown to get 3 points ahead of us and win. That was a bummer. But I was glad we got to enjoy the Steeler comrade around us for most of the game. How miserable it would have been to sit through most of the game as losers! I will post more pictures of our trip later, as Ron has deleted them from our computer already! >:(