Ponderings at Wegman's

I ran to Wegman's to grab a sub for lunch today and once again ran into someone I know. It was really nice to see this person as I hadn't seen her in awhile and it was good to hear about her daughter who I taught riding lessons to when she was in high school. Once we were done visiting and I got my sandwich and was heading back to work I was amused to think that I had established myself in the community when I can no longer go to the grocery store and NOT see someone I know (although I'm not so amused when they are clients). Then it hit me, this summer, I will have lived in this region longer than I have ever lived anywhere else! I will still have lived longer in Quebec, but we moved a lot there and were never in one region more than 5 years or so. This summer we will have lived in Central New York for 8 years!!! I can't believe we've been here this long. I talked to a co-worker about this and she asked if I was getting squirrelly? I had to tell her no, I think I'm ok with it. I like it here, I like knowing people and having roots to a place. Something I never really had. Well I did have, no matter where we moved I always knew I could go back to Nanny's. No matter what. But since she's died I haven't had that. I have friends that have grown up in one spot for their whole lives. They know everyone in the community and have great stories. It's always fascinated me how people could live in the same house all their life, it was such a foreign concept for me. I guess I'm starting to get a little taste of it.