Today is December 26Th, with less a week remaining in 2006.
A new year is right around the corner, and, as most of us do, we make resolutions for the upcoming new year.
In the past, I haven't really ever made New Year's resolutions, as they almost always fall by the wayside in a few short days right after we turn that corner into a new year. However, I have decided that this year, 2007, I will make only one New Year's resolution:
I will, (to use a line from Jimmy Stewart in the 1946 classic "It's A Wonderful Life"), "shake the dust from this crummy little town", and finally get away from the choking stranglehold of this town known as Estes Park, CO.
After twelve years of struggling here, EP has lost its' appeal, losing its' sharp edges, and giving way to a used, rounded, dirty and non-progressive place. The town leaders have failed at every turn to help ease EP into a progressive place to live, cow-towing to the retirees who complain that coffee costs a god damned dollar, while they gloat that the fucking cabin that they bought here back in 1971 has increased in value 600%!
So now I prepare to work the last season in this dying little town, shift into a different mode, one of a life that has a purpose, a reasoning for the daily drudge, a light at the end of the tunnel. The prospect of a new life in a new town, meeting new people, having new options to choose from every day.
I will miss a few people here. They know who they are. They also know that they will always be welcome to come visit me whenever it's convenient, that I will always make room for them, and be happy that they came.
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