Things I don't miss:
Traffic and Congestion = its Southern California, no explanation needed
Traffic and Congestion = its Southern California, no explanation needed
Cookie Cutter Houses = B O R I N G... give that home some personality already.
Planes = living over the flight pattern and constantly having to turn the volume up and down while watching TV. Or the ever famous phrase of "pause please" while having to put your conversation on hole until that roaring jet airliner makes its way over the beach.
Bad manners = you can forget about greeting people with hellos and good mornings. If you like to avoid eye contact and walk around with your face in your phone all day, you'll fit in just fine.
Excessive Nip/Tucks = I understand the need to want to reverse the affects of aging, but it's inevitable. Please don't tell me you actually paid thousands of dollars to look like that... hideous.
Bad manners = you can forget about greeting people with hellos and good mornings. If you like to avoid eye contact and walk around with your face in your phone all day, you'll fit in just fine.
Excessive Nip/Tucks = I understand the need to want to reverse the affects of aging, but it's inevitable. Please don't tell me you actually paid thousands of dollars to look like that... hideous.
Things I miss:
The Weather = 70 and sunny 80% of the year.
The Weather = 70 and sunny 80% of the year.
The Food = not just "real" Mexican food, but the option to oink out on any ethnic food you could possibly desire (Q'ero for Peruvian anyone???? ~Buen provecho!)
Cheap Drinks = happy hours and pitchers of beer (both of which are illegal in VT)
Events = weekly festivals/fairs and a surplus of big name entertainers available at your disposal year round.
Nail Spa's = with one on every corner and competitive pricing, I can cut my regular mani/pedi bill in half.
Pet Friendly = Almost every restaurant has a patio and every patio has a dog. You can bring Ripken or Rover to the beach, the mall, or pick a park, any park, and watch these smiling canines frolic.
The Mighty Pacific = the sand, the sea, the salty air and my personal playground for over 12 years... I miss that the most.
So there you have it. And even though my misses outweigh the don't misses, I have no desire to move back to San Diego any time soon. Maybe its because I'm getting older and I don't have as much patience or tolerance for things I didn't care about in the past. (Dare I say I'm maturing? Finally??) In any event, I had a good run and loved living there when I did. But for now I'm perfectly content where I'm at, and honestly feel I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be at this moment in my life.
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