A blast from the past

Today I was at the Komen offices in Wallingford (Race for the Cure is coming up and I have lots of work to do!) and drove by my old house in Wallingford. I was surprised to see it up for sale, but had to pull up the listing just to see what they said about it:

http://www.windermere.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Listing.ListingDetail&ListingID=17841454

I'm sad they don't have interior pictures; I always thought that the interior was way cuter than the exterior.

I have many happy memories from that house. It's the only place I ever lived alone - I moved there after Susan & Erik got married, and before Ryan and I got engaged. I loved having my very own space, and I spent lots of lovely evenings soaking in bubbles in the claw-footed bathtub. It's also the home where Mozart was a kitten; it's also the first place that Ryan and I ever lived together. (As soon as we were engaged, he moved in...and that was just as wonderful as living alone, but in a different way!) Our friends Keith & Noel lived in the bottom half (it's a duplex), and we'd all get home from work around the same time and we did lots of spontaneous dinners together - "Hey, I've got some salmon," "Well I could make a big salad," "Okay you get the wine open, and I'll turn on the grill" and hours were spent laughing and talking and hanging out at the picnic table in the back yard.

I don't want to go back - I love my life now - but it is fun to walk down memory lane, and to remember the me that was before marriage, child, mortgage, health issues, etc. It seems very young and carefree in hindsight, and I'm glad I enjoyed it while I was there.