Sunday, January 18, 2009

A few lists...

Things I miss about Utah:

-- Horchata, Costa Vida, Betos--Mexican food in general
--Real grocery stores with big shopping carts where you can buy food in bulk without having to go to Costco--including whole wheat flour
--Folk dance and clogging and rec nights
--Being able to find a ticket to fly home for under $100
--Being able to drive 75 MPH on the freeway and drive faster than 25 mph on all major roads
--The mountains
--The open space and fresh air
--the dollar theater
--My friends and family!

Things I don't miss about Utah
--the fear of death as a pedestrian walking south of campus
--the fear of killing pedestrians driving south of campus
--the snow that never goes away
--way-too-happy people doing really obnoxiously happy things (I know, I was one of those people once in a while but mostly I'm a scrooge)
--the west side of I-15
--The lack of greenery
--the public library system in Provo and Orem

Lists about what I love and miss about Cincinnati would be too long--I don't know why but I just really loved that place!

Things I like about Cleveland
--Free zoo every Monday
--The Cleveland library system
--Cool parks
--It's proximity to Pennsylvania, NY, and Michigan (no particular reason I just think it's cool)
--Being in the Kirtland Stake
--Amish Country!!!!
--All the cool friends we have made here so far
--It's home!

(P.S. I'm trying to be optimistic about where I live and so I will not make a list about things I dislike about Cleveland--you can just substitute the things I miss about Utah and that will fill you in a little bit)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm SO glad to hear that you liked Cincinnati. I've heard many families living in Cincinnati for school complain about how they hated it. (Mostly because it's nothing like Utah.) I like Cincinnati a lot too so I'm glad you also like it. :-) Glad you're enjoying the snow up in Cleveland!

MB said...

Have you been to the Cleveland Art Museum? It's one of my favorites! I went when I was in High School and I've never forgotten it. I liked the atrium area.