There comes a time in life when we all must grow up. I thought I had made a good effort towards that goal when I upgraded from a Dodge Colt to a Cadillac before I turned 40. My health indeed went downhill from there as my hair got grayer and youth became more a memory. I had to have colon bypass surgery just before I got married, but I still felt like I had yet to fully grow up. Getting my PMP certification helped a bit, but I still am not making the six-figure salary I deserve! Alas, it all pales in comparison to the biggest purchase of my lifetime, a huge house in some burg called Landenberg, Pa. Boy, do I feel old now. What it took was a real lifestyle change and a big shelling out of the cash. My wife and I are excited but the taxes out there may just kill us. We settle on Friday the 13th. The Claymont house is not even on the market yet. When we'll move is anyone's guess in this market.
If tending to an acre-plus and a septic system doesn't make you feel grown up, nothing will. I can't help but wonder what my late father would say if he saw this house, which is almost bigger than the one he had built in 1973 out in Chadds Ford, Pa. With five kids, the first thing to go in the new place was the septic system (no swimming pool for you, Dad, until you fix the stench out back, sorry). My wife has visions of me chopping wood and raking leaves when all I want to do is get a better job so I can pay someone else to do it while I sip Arnie Palmers on the deck. Now that's being grown up.
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