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It’s 6:28 a.m. on a soon-to-be hot Texas summer morning, and I’m sitting on the backbrpatio enjoying a silent cup of coffee. My dog, Sparky, is also in the yard. At home or in thebroffice, he is never far from my side, and this morning we are enjoying our usual routine.brSchool is out, and it’s silent, except for the chirping birds and the occasional neighboringbrair conditioner already working more than it should. It seems even the pesky mosquitosbraren’t awake yet. Scratch that last thought — literally.
I sit and sip waiting as part of my experiment and, unfortunately, I don’t have to waitbrlong. Just five minutes in, I hear the first roar of an airplane overhead. Before the day isbrdone, most of you, Sparky and I will hear more planes than we care to count. Except forbrthe outer edges of my day, I’m mostly numb to the hum above, but this morning I’mbranxious to hear how many jet engines will interrupt this letter before it is complete.brI like Southlake. I want to type faster.br
As a former traveling executive regularly flying out of Newark Liberty, being in closebrproximity to the airport was something I could only dream about. From my home inbrMahwah, New Jersey, I had a 37-mile, traffic-laden, three-hour journey to the airport.br
Here I sit this morning, just a 15-minute cab ride away from DFW Airport, with nobrparking or shuttle bus to contend with. Ten years in Southlake, and I’m still not sure howbrmuch it costs to park at DFW. And I’m not going to bother looking it up either,. because Ibrcan transport my whole family to our vacation vessel and back in true comfort for far lessbreffort and cost than a week’s parking.br
The convenience of air travel has opened up the world to all of us. With the proximitybrin which we all sit, the next destination is closer now than ever before. Unfortunately,brso are those jet engines. From now through October, three runways at our neighboringbrairport will have temporarily closed for regular maintenance, potentially causing new airbrtraffic patterns over our homes. It all has me wondering if we will be hearing even morebrnoise in the months to come.br
Well, there goes another plane, but I’m not letting it bother me. I don’t have thebrtime — my flight leaves in less than two hours, and I have yet to pack.br
Yours in Southlake Style,
br br brMike Tesoriero
Mike@SouthlakeStyle.com
