Jessie's Blog: So...

I kind of freaked out just now because I have 12 posts left to do to make it to my one-post-a-week goal. And there are 9 weeks left in the year.

Ergo, we have today's top ten!

The Top Ten Things I Miss About Utah-

10) The streets - they are a grid. They are wide. They are easy to navigate. You can always orient yourself. Here, they are super narrow, windy, and confusing. I don't like feeling lost.

9) Mexican food! I have yet to find a decent taco in this town. I even miss people offering to sell me tamales in the grocery store parking lot. Speaking of grocery stores...

8) Harmons - Everyone here makes a big deal about Wegmans (the local grocery chain) but I don't get it. Maybe it's just still too unfamiliar...I'm sure I will learn to love it, too.

7) Diversity - Utah has so many different ethnicities represented! I miss my Polynesian, Latino, Laotian, and Burmese peeps.

6) Being dry - It is so much more humid (and rainy) here. Everything feels damp all the time. I never understood why people needed chip clips until now.

5) Wilderness - All the land here is owned by someone. In Utah, I could drive for an hour and be in the middle of no where, on land owned by no one, with no other human beings close by. I didn't do that very often, but I miss just knowing I could if I wanted to.

4) My University - I love U of R. It is great. But I miss the U...the diversity, the big-ness of it, the people, the atmosphere. It will always have a special place in my heart.

3) My neighborhood - I have the coolest neighbors back in the dub-J. (My sunbeams are totally included in this, by the way. They are adorable, and I love the artwork they send me :) ) It is strange to go from being around people who have known you since you were a little kid to all new people; I know it will come with time, but I miss the shared history.

2) The Mountains - I mean...