Pace Yourself

When you live in the Lake Norman area, you will find you feel tired, even exhausted, more often than not. Sure there's all the water activity during the summer, but I find myself feeling a bit worn out during the colder months as well. The reason? All of things there are to do here.

Whether you do or don't have children, there are events every day of the week throughout the year in the Lake Norman area. We are a festival family, so we have been especially tired lately, as Lake Norman offers a ton of fall festivals.

One weekend we went to the Mooresville Cruise-In. The next we went to the country fair festival at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church in Cornelius. Last weekend we started early on Friday with the balloon festival in Statesville. On Saturday we went to Tom Cotter's Woody Party, one of our favorite events of the year, and a neighborhood block party. We followed that up with a trip to Carrigan Farms for pumpkin picking on Sunday. This weekend we went to Trunk or Treat at Bethel Presbyterian Church. Next weekend, we plan to hit the Renaissance Festival. Whew!

Our community is so very close-knit, that you can't help but see people you know when you venture to these events. Even if you don't know the person, you recognize them from the Y or from your kid's school or from Harris Teeter. That's one of the things that make them so fun.

I take this for granted when I hear other folks talk about the places they live. So many people don't know their neighbors and would never recognize them if they ran into them at the gas station. That doesn't work for me. I'm from a small town, and as much as I tried to fight it in my 20s, I'm a small town girl (I just like big town amenities, as I often suffer from severe sushi cravings). That's why I'm here, as it's the perfect balance for me — the best of both worlds if you will.

What did you do this past weekend? Feeling tired? Let us know what kind of fun you discovered at Lake Norman.

Enjoy lake living,

Lori K. Tate
Editor, CURRENTS Magazine