snap back to reality (lyn)

Up at 5:15.  On a bus to Providence at 6:45.  Then a train to NY at 8:45.  Arrive at Penn Station at 1:30.  Home by 2.  The day is hot and muggy and no ocean in site.  Miss the Cape already, and many things about it.  So I make a couple of lists:

What I miss

·    Losing at gin to my mother

·    Having the beach be just a short golf cart ride away

·    Residing in a place where pedestrians trump cars

·    Spending uninterrupted time with Alexander

·    Being able to buy affordable lobster

·    Shopping at Maxwells (maybe that’s a good thing to not have close)

·    Driving around in my mom’s car

·    Absenting myself from television and newspapers

·    Playing with my parent’s sweet but slightly psychotic new cat, Ellie

·    Sleeping in a very cold room (the AC here is so much better than mine at home)

·    Eating a less careful diet

·    Being able to do laundry without putting coins in machines

·    Reading with an ocean view

·    Spending far less money then when I’m in NY

·    Taking daily walks with my mom and her friends

·    Being awoken by the birds every morning

·    Having family dinners

·    Avoiding my financial crisis

What I Don’t Miss

·    Not much