Working and Living Locally

I haven't measured it but I bet if I did, my work and my house are less than a quarter mile from each other.

For those of you who don't know, a quick update. I got married on September 10th to my wonderful (and hot) wife, Sarah. We both work at First Glance and are living in a house that was bought and renovated recently for us to "lease to own" from First Glance.

It's a great old house with lots of character, built in the early 1900's. It has a beautiful built in wood buffet and a great old book shelf. Hardwood floors (Sarah loves them) and a small yard (I love this).

When we decided that we would live in this house and not my old house (which is still in Kenmore, but on the other side of it), I was mostly excited but wondered what it would be like to live so close to where the action is. Would students drop by at all hours of the night? Would our house get broken into? Would we ever truly leave work?

I have to say, so far, so good.

Students drop by but have been very good at keeping it during regular hours. They pop in, talk for a few minutes, hang out, then leave. Honestly, I wish they would drop by more often! But I think it's great for us to see them out of our element (First Glance) and in the real world.

Our house hasn't been broken into nor has anything been stolen. There was a rash of burglaries in Kenmore but that hasn't seem to have affected us. I feel completely safe and our neighbors are pretty cool.

The big question, though, is if we would ever truly leave work? Yes and no. Sarah and I never really leave work but it has nothing to do with the proximity of our house. It mostly has to do with us both working there. It's hard to not come home and talk shop or think through the day. The job, in and of itself, is life encompassing and it wouldn't matter where we lived.

For those still reading, I highly recommend the lifestyle. Community living has been sacrificed on the altar of comfort and Facebook, where we're friends with people who live thousands of miles away but don't even know their neighbors first names (I have been guilty of this as well).

Take some time to get to know your neighbors. You won't regret it.

Rev.