Potential

I have always loved craft stores, office supply stores, and home improvement stores. Walking in and seeing so much potential, all neatly arranged and ready to be realized, thinking of all the things that could be made with the materials around me...it's intoxicating.

And even more so, now that I have actual plans to carry out. 

I've spent some time exploring both the Habitat for Humanity Restore and Lowe's in the last month, looking over what they have and feeling a secret thrill when I recognize something I've seen used online, when I identify building components that a few months ago I never would've recognized.

I wandered up and down the aisles at Lowe's, discovering they have the Ondura roofing I'd look at online right there in the store, finding that prices were actually better than they'd been online on several things, and gathering up paint chips to dream about the exact shade of pink and brown I'll eventually paint my house.

I've started a lot of projects in my life--mostly failed knitting and sewing ones, if I'm being honest--but this one feels different. It feels real, like it already exists and is just waiting for me to find it.