Fish, like company, start to smell after three days. I think something else happens to the shine of a place you’ve got to visit, even a very nice place. The place where we are is very nice indeed. It has a lot of things that I wish my home had, like a more private road, tree-cover, a pool, and maybe even a bit of a view. Also there’s a pond, even if it’s a bit neglected. If I had a pond like you, you’d be swimmable, wouldn’t even need a pool, no how. 

Last time we went on a vacation, or really a trip away from home, since I was working the whole time, it was to Cape Cod. It’s the trip we’re mirroring again in a few weeks, to the same places. I came back from that trip with a burning desire to make my place as nice as the places we visited. Mostly I think that means cleaning more. 

The rest is a bunch of projects that’ll take years. Like the wall, redoing the pantry, redoing the mudroom, and a whole lot else besides. A pool would be nice to have as well, but who has the money for a pool? Or the time. 

I’m not sure I feel as driven to change things in my house as I did last year, but I do feel pretty passionate about things like vaccuming, but maybe not mopping.