I spent the past 10 days elsewhere. It was temporary but fantastic, which just reiterates the fact that my four years are up and it’s time to move on. If I really belonged somewhere, I would miss it when I was gone. But I didn’t, so I don’t. So…another year (or less!) and it’ll be time to go somewhere else. I don’t know where. I have no idea what’s there, or who will be there, or what I’ll do.
And honestly, I don’t really care.
I like Johnson City. There are definitely things I’ll miss about it. There are things I am happy I came here, stayed here, was here for…and some things I wish had happened differently or maybe not at all. Such is life. I have roughly another year to finish up whatever I haven’t done yet—hiking, mainly—and things I want to do one more time—local concerts and one more season of snowboarding. Another year of editing and teaching and hopefully going to some conferences. Another year where Sevierville is the “halfway meeting point” between me and my family on birthdays, etc.
But for now it’s early summer. There are still days to go before anything can change. Here’s to making the last 365 count. If you want in on any part of any of it...let's keep some days clear.
