A New Charge.

I’m in Jackson this weekend so I won’t get to write any boring posts about how dull it is in Cookeville. I came home for three reasons a.) I needed to get some medical records from the dermatologist that I visited once so that I can get health insurance. b.) I am meeting a prospective buyer of my Toyota Solara. c.) I need to talk Braxton (my boss from Jackson Energy) into thinking that I was worth more than a nickel and that he should be a reference. On the way home, I called my friend Dan to "catch-up"/ease the monotony of Interstate driving. Just as he was telling me that he has fallen in love (most likely unrecipricated love) with a girl at Rice, my phone died without giving me any prior notice. Batteries can’t last forever. I’ll just plug the phone into my handly little car charger and call him back. Nope. Left it in Cookeville After coming to the realization that I would now have to drive the remainder of the way wondering what is happening in Dan’s world of love, I realized that I didn’t bring my wall charger either. The prospective buy is going to call when he can meet, but I don’t have a phone to answer. To solve that problem, I took the phone to Verizon and had them charge it there before returning to pick it up an hour and a half later. As I was leaving the store, the Verizon employee stopped me and broke down into the usual smalltalk questions. "Where do you go to school?" "What is your major?" "What year are you?" Freshman? Sophomore?" "Actually, I’m a Senior." (followed by the appropriate childish giggle) His advice to me was to "live life" and get out of Jackson while I can. What is it that pulls so many people back to Jackson when they have the opportunity to leave? In a ranking of the best cities in the United States, Jackson ranks as the third worst. Surprisingly, it also ranks as one of the fastest growing. What does everyone see in Jackson? Why am I considering moving back? All questions worth considering after I find out the rest of the story about Dan’s new love interest.