Wednesday, May 9, 2012

what I will and won't miss, part 1

I don't usually live in Florida, of course, but I've been here for a month now. Crazy! I go back home on Saturday. People keep asking me whether I'm glad or not, and really I'm of two minds about it. Here are things I like about Florida: the ability to focus on one project for weeks on end; air-conditioning; my apartment; thunderstorms; traveling on the weekends; some of the people I have met; some of the yummy food I have eaten; reading all day.
But balanced against that is the heat! Oh, the heat. It makes me feel almost frantic. I spend considerable effort, in life, in general, trying never to be too warm, but here it's inescapable. The insects and other wildlife are alien, and I'm always a bit tense outdoors here. I'm worried that my friends are forgetting who I am in my absence. I miss the SO and the cats, I miss my friends, I miss the rest of my things. I miss certain foods. And oh, I miss having a motorized means of transportation!
When I go home there will be work dramas - there always, always are - and tasks I don't enjoy (going door-to-door about an upcoming election). There will be untidiness to deal with at home; I have so few possessions here that it is easy to keep everything tidy all the time. There will be frequent interruptions at work; the times here, when no one speaks to me while I'm in the library reading, will seem unimaginable within a fortnight.
But I will have the SO, and friends, and cats, and curling, and all my books, and a much more extensive wardrobe, and motorized transportation, and much much much better weather!
I suspect I will think of more to add to the list, which is why this is only part 1. These are reminders for myself, so that in ten days, when I wish I were in Florida, I can remember why I wanted to be home. Or if I love being home, I can remember there were good things about here, too.

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