On Wednesday I read an article about the old Nueces County Courthouse. To sum up, it was closed long ago (like, barely inside my lifetime) in favor of the Matt Houston-esque skyscraper I visited seven winters and a thousand years ago. There’s been back and forth about restoring it for use as a county building or other historical purpose, but the current thinking is that it should just be demolished because it’s a blot on modern Corpus Christi‘s downtown. I don’t entirely agree with their assessment (they say it’s the first thing anyone sees coming into downtown but I never saw it), but I have no say about it. I don’t live there so I don’t have to live with it. But a question immediately cropped up in my head: do I want to go down there and see it before it goes away? If it goes away, I mean? That is a legitimate question; they’ve been discussing this for decades. Do I care enough to go down and see it? Normally, I don’t think I’d seriously consider the question. It’s not like I’m in the habit of traveling only for courthouses. But, as previously mentioned, I’m working the I’ve Been Everywhere Challenge. I’ve got two towns I have to go to in south Texas, and one of them is on the outskirts of Corpus. So it’s got me thinking about whether or not I want to accelerate visiting the area. I know that I’m going to eventually go down there with the Girls (though I will be sad that I can’t take them down into Mexico for an afternoon or something), but who knows how long Corpus will keep it around? And even once I go back down there, do I really care?
Otherwise, I’m leading a boring caching life: some new caches downtown, a few Events. I should be hosting some Events around here, but I haven’t been able to bring myself to do it. I care but I’m dragging all the same. A little of it is because I’m no longer a rep for the TXGA, which means I have no responsibility to anyone or anything but myself (and my daughters, but I think that’s understood). But some of it is because I’m tired and just don’t have the energy I once did. I’m sure with time it will change, but I’m having a decent time not feeling beholden in what I do.
That’s it, folks. Nothing to see here…
Geocaching While Black 