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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Day 16...I hate Seattle

There's no love lost between Seattle and I.  Let me explain...

I've lived in Seattle all my life...I'm bored.  I want to see something new.  Traffic is terrible.  The weather is worse.  On a warm sunny day I appreciate the city more, but this time of year is just bad.  My husband actually bought vitamin D in a bottle this weekend, he has a vitamin D deficincy just from living here!  Actually, many people do.  Parking can be miserable too.  Here's an example for your reading pleasure:

I drove to the yoga studio today for the noon class.  Ordinarily I don't drive because it's only half a mile away, but I had an errand to run after class.  The lot in front of the studio was already full and parking on the side streets was packed.  I circled the block once, nothing.  As I started a second loop I began thinking.  Seriously, will this be the second day in a row I can't find parking??  I quickly became frustrated and vowed to myself I'd just go home and hibernate if I didn't find a spot.  I did find a spot, only one hour...hmmm, do I chance it?  Fuck it, I took it.  As I grabbed my bag and got out of the car a parking enforcement vehicle passed by.  Really??  Once again I debated with myself.  In the end I decided a parking ticket would be better than not going to class.  Probably not the decision many would make, but at this point in my week I knew another day without exercise would have serious consequences.  So I went to class and it went OK.  And when I walked up to my car I was relieved to see that there was no ticket.  I'm such a bad ass risk taker, ha.

1 comment:

  1. Sorry you had such a hard time w/parking. Don't know if I've mentioned this before but I lived in Seattle in 2003 from Jan-Mar (probably the worst time to be there!) and I LOVED it. If I could live anywhere, it would be in Seattle. I just love it - the people are so friendly, it's a vibrant city with lots of arts, the outdoor options are awesome, the coffee :), market, water, just everything! :)

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