The past week has been a series of ups and downs, regarding one issue. Where I live. I am going to go on record and finally just plain admit that I do not love living here. It's not bad, well all that bad. In fact, many people are happy living here. The forbidden fruit was my trip to Seattle, where I spent the past four or five days for a friend's wedding, and also to visit another friend. Seattle, Ahhh. Coffee- everywhere! Healthy people running! CULTURE! Open and welcoming people! Fashion. Shopping. Everything that I seem to be missing from here, I was able to find in Seattle. It was heaven, but also painful cause I realized what I miss...
I'm not sure where I would be happy living right now. Maybe a big city. Maybe a smaller city with good mountains at my doorstep. Definitely somewhere with places to hang out-chilling having coffee.
I've come up with various strategies to keep me happy for the duration of my time here, or at least for the meantime. One strategy has been a bit of a make-over of the apartment. Bought some plants today, a few odds and ends (courtesy of a pottery barn gift certificate-thanks J&N), and some photo frames to mount on the wall. Part of this is philosophical, getting myself to believe that I will, in fact, be living here for 3 more years, and that actually coming to terms with the fact that my apartment is way more comfortable to hang out in than the lame-ass coffee places around hear, so am taking some time to make this a Home. Big "H" noted.
September and October are going to fly by, I start in the Pedi ICU on Friday, call on Sunday. It's going to be time to get back to the books, and I'm going to be ready for it.
Ok-time to hit the gym.
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