Still not so sure about this house thing...

So I'm standing on my porch this morning, having a cigarette and admiring my choppy, overgrown front lawn, thinking - I wish the weedwhacker was working so I can trim around that little maple tree - and then I wondered if it was planted too close to the house and whether the roots would eventually be detrimental for the foundation, or whether it was far enough away that it would eventually cover the front of the house in shade (we face east) which would be really nice when we re-do the wrap-around porch.

Then it occured to me that I'm planning to be around to see the outcome. Which freaks me the fuck out, just a little.