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.