My love/hate relationship with this city really gets exhausting sometimes.  There really are so many things to love and admire, but I gotta tell you...I'm really tired of people yelling at each other, sirens, random fireworks, people spitting/urination/defecating in front of me as if I'm not there (yeah, I'm serious) and the other not so wonderful things you might not catch on a weekend visit.

So I'm daydreaming of the outdoors.  You know, the real outdoors...with trees that only little critters call home, grass I'm not afraid to lay in without a blanket, a lake I can dive into without worrying about the sharp and/or toxic garbage at the bottom and a building free skyline. 

I guess it's time for a trip to the country.