Mid life, middle class, mid-west = middle lane

What is "life" in the middle lane?  It's being middle class in your mid-life with a touch of crisis.  It's knowing that hopefully in less than ten years, retirement will be what you enjoy, and triple checking all your savings,investments, and other various little ducks so that you can have the one that you want.  I used to chuckle at a friend who was doing that same thing at the age I am now....she has EVERY right to chuckle at me.  NOW, I get it!  It's also realizing that you may have at best 25 years of good life ahead and trying to squeeze everything into life that you have always wanted.  However, I have an insatiable need to travel and explore and unless I knock over a bank, (this is where the middle class comes in) I'm just not certain how I will accomplish all that is on the bucket list.  So hold onto your middle (I sadly have two of those middle guts), and come explore life in the middle lane with Mark, Bastone, and ME!