Small town

On the local public radio station they just announced a "pretty nasty gastrointestinal problem" several counties over. I love small town life.

We have our own house. Walking in for the first time, I felt a little shiver go down my back. It was odd. I don't know if it's just all the result of the hype I've heard all my life about owning a place or the weight of the hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt literally underwriting my ability to say "we own this place," but I shivered.