weird but...
I miss the crowds. I miss the energy. I miss the people.
Part of what I enjoyed so much about New York is the underlying excitement of doing regular things. With so many people, something interesting always happens, there is always a story to tell. Take going to Target as an example. The Brooklyn Target is probably one of if not the busiest Targets in the nation. At any time of day, the check-out lines are at least 15 minutes long, stuff is always all over the floor or out of stock, and every time you ask someone for help, they immediately tell you they don't have it, without even giving a thought. But I love going. And almost all of my friends do too, and its not easy to get to either. Target is an event, even to the point of having dinner at the pizza hut express.
Second example. Movies. The screens are small, a $10 ticket is a good deal, you have to get there at least a half hour early, and no matter the film, you can always expect from the back of theatre popular Brooklyn catch phrases like "ohhh no he didn't" during scenes that most viewers would be crying.
This week I ran to our local Target, Barnes and Noble, and even went to a movie for the second time in a year. I went with equal expectations as I would have back in New York, and I was disappointed. The Target was clean, well stocked, and my guess only had a total of 40 people inside the store, including the staff. I walked in and out of the aisles without anyone ramming into my cart, I didn't have time to read an US weekly because there was at least 5 cashiers open, and the food wasn't at all enticing. And the movie. Tom loved that their was only a total of 12 people in the theatre, it was quiet, we walked just a few feet out to our car, but for me, something was missing, the energy just wasn't the same.
I'll get used to my new way of life. The ease, the calm, the nice people, it will all eventually feel like home. But for now, I'm bored.
Friday, February 1, 2008 at 11:08AM
Reader Comments (8)
Isnt it funny what you miss. By australian standards Im a city girl but moved to the country to be with my partner. I remember thinking the same thought of things. Most of all I missed public transport and the people you got to meet and see. Does get better though but brooklyn is likely to always feel like home... Couple of episodes of sex in the city might help?
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sad face....
I bet when you move into your house you will have plenty to do.
wow alysha.
ever heard the song..."count your blessings."
That is weird cause crowds are insane and you never know when they are going to swallow you up and misplace you and suddenly you are without a family and you are alone amongst millions of people. But I understand since those crowds were your 'home' for so long. Eventually you'll get use to the emptiness that is here and you'll start hearing echoes echoes echoes.
Don't get me wrong, I don't hate Utah by any means, I am obviously loathing in this post.
I just miss my friends and what I came to know as home.
It's great here! It was just like going from one extreme to the other. But I am already getting used to it, and really love how nice everyone is.
As for being grateful for what I have? I always am.
I am in Layton today with my sweet little Indie. I am dying for you to see her and me to see Luke. I hate that you have been within "hugging distance" for months now, and we have not been together. Did you get the Happy Birthday message for Luke I sent to your Mom and Dad - as I wasn't sure of your current ph. #'s. I need them. Please update me. It looked like Luke's party was a huge genetically inherited success! Tony had a great Feb. 11th b-day also. We were in St. George where he could do his favorite thing...golf. To keep caught up on my little family - go to Jessica's great blog...Jessicamariesmith.blogspot.com
I loved reading all about you, your family and recent activities here. I need a personal update though. Hope we can get one together soon. Until then...love from Aunt Kim
i had the same exact experiences when we left brooklyn for idaho. you probably don't remember us, we were only in the park slope ward for barely an eye blink (the holbrooks!) but we moved to idaho and it was like walking briskly on those moving walks in the airport and then suddenly walking off - the way everything just sort of stopped around me and i kept wanting to go fast. we're in moscow, idaho now (brit and andy carman say hello!) and i'm still not used to it, after 2 years. good luck!