OH HELL YES!!!

    Oh, for sure, no doubt about it. Not in my mind, nor in the minds of many around the world. Can you recall the most favorite question when on a family trip? Yes, that one: “Are we there yet?” Generally, the answer was "No, not yet, but soon". Asked as the car pulled away from the home, the count was generally lost somewhere along the way. Part of the trip. Part of the memories, perhaps annoying at the time, but funny when looking back.

 However, the are we there yet question of this posting is neither funny nor part of fond memories.   "Are we there yet?" in this instance is quite offsetting and a causative factor of the angst of the world. Are we there yet? Maybe yes, maybe no. If not, damn close to it. Too close and every time we approach that point, the point of no return, and manage to pull back, too often at five minutes to midnight, or less than that, the risk, the possible, even probable risk of no return, no refund, no exchange, the world shudders. At present there are so many issues to which we are nearing at rocket speed, even warp speed, and it is becoming more and more apparent that the reverse gear is broken and inefficient, no qualified repair people on hand.

Yes, perhaps there is an element of exaggeration, I will grant you that, but not by much. Certainly not when there are multiple myriad configurations which must be taken into account, and when we do, the gauge begins to reach the red level of imminent danger unless immediate steps are taken. Are we there yet? Yes, for some trips and not yet for others, but nearly so. Skipping the minor irritants such as finding it impossible to find a human on the other end of a help call, here are my personal qualms of end of trip causalities. Bet we would have enough similarities to fill a large union set of a Venn diagram.

So, on to bigger, not better, and are we there yet? Yep, we most certainly are there, and there has become here. Where is here? It is my place of residence, where the world has intruded and violated its serenity. The problem can be remedied but should not have grown into such a monster of sorts. It is common sense that rules are there for a reason and when challenged, blatantly, selfishly, even to the point of endangering others, well, we are most certainly there already. This is true round the globe, wherever groups of people are together. And when rules are sensible and moral.

I reside in a midlevel retirement development, nothing fancy, but quite pleasant. Of course, as with the rest of the world, we have concerns about security, about rising traffic, about scenes which disturb, and is not necessarily perfect. But we do come, or have come, pretty damn close to it. Rural like surroundings. Reasonable. rules in place. Entertainment which rivals the theaters outside our development and lots of activities. 

However, unfortunately, there are too many recent arrivals, renters and owners, who refuse to obey the laws and rules in place for our safety. Sure, we might find them annoying at times but when one stops to think about it, without rules it would be chaos. Evidently some nouveau arrivals fail to understand that or deliberately bypass requirements and the result is not pretty. The results are ugly. The shine of the development is tarnished and scratched. Its rural setting is trashed, and certainly the safety of the residents is attacked, hammer and tong. 

The development's population is of beautiful variety, a Heinz 57 community of different ethnicities, races, colors, religions, national origin.  Generally getting along, there are those who refuse to understand that we live in that kind of a development and cooperation and neighborliness is important. This development is not a place of investment. Nor a place to make a quick buck. It is a home. My home. The home of many. 

We certainly do not appreciate any who endanger it and lessen the quality of life we enjoy. What it most definitely does is create cracks within the foundation of this development, raising the temperature to an intolerable level. That pressure gauge whistles louder and louder and it is becoming unpleasant as negative emotions are rising dramatically, with many residents beginning to feel as if the development is under siege. 

Owner, renter, this is your home too. The rules which make this development, these homes beautifully livable, must be respected and followed.  Do not disrespect the laws and rules of the development and the County nor your neighbors. Do not trash homes and environment, no matter the length of stay.    

 Certainly, at this stage in our life, we should all have learned that life and choices made have consequences. These consequences can be nasty and can hang around far longer than is pleasant, like the guest who never leaves. In the name of all who live here, please, remember, this is our home. This is not your choice nor your right to redesign our home, to violate our lives via your irresponsibility and/or indifference to our welfare.

Tomorrow, I will continue on this topic, on this path of issues that concern us, which affect us greatly. In both our personal and public lives. These are national issues. And yet, personal issues along with it. These are international issues. These are issues rimed with an ugly detritus of constant nasty weather. Stay tuned folks. See you all tomorrow.

Stay safe. Seek happiness and hug your loved ones. 

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Yitzy, life is unfair. We know that, but we can take comfort knowing that you are far away from the angst and insecurity of this world. That helps us deal with the huge gap you have left in our lives.   

That gap and that love will be, are, 

Always and forever. Always and forever.