The town that I live in is just that: a town. Not a city-- a town. It has a population of 8,000 people and there's enough amenities to live comfortably. But one of the best things about it is the rest areas. You see, there are rest areas just one mile outside of town on the interstate.
One mile.
Why have rest stops so close to a moderately-sized town? It's almost as if those little blue signs say: "Rest area ahead, one mile. Yeah, okay, there's a town up ahead, but you don't want to stop there. Trust us."
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You know that point in your life when you realize that the house that you grew up in isn't really your home anymore? All of the sudden even though you have some place where you can put your stuff that idea of home is gone. You'll see when you move out it just sort of happens one day. One day it's just gone. And you can never get it back. It's like you get homesick for a place that doesn't exist. I mean it's like this rite of passage, you know. You won't have this feeling again until you create a new idea of home for yourself, you know, for you kids, for the family you start, it's like a cycle or something. I miss the idea of it. Maybe that's all family really is. A group of people who miss the same imaginary place.
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I feel the way bank robbers must feel just before they go out on that last big job that ends up getting them all killed.
That is to say, optimistic.
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