Suburb Living

Well it's only been about two weeks and I'm already really missing the city.  I love where we live, we have just about every store and/or restaurant you could want within just a few miles of us, but it's not the city.  I think this is probably the biggest adjustment I'm having to make.  

Last night I was so bored with our options for date night.  I wanted entertainment. A show or game or some form of entertainment but couldn't find anything. I'm sure once we are more settled we'll get to know the area better or feel like driving into Denver but last night we didn't have many options.  Because I felt like we didn't really have many options, I wanted it even more.  

I'm sure everyone who moves from the city to the suburbs (without kids) goes through this but it's kind of depressing. Especially since we moved to the suburbs for more space (aka a house, a back yard, a basement, a garage, etc...which we don't have yet) but we do have a lot of advantages which I need to remember.  Parking is free. Everywhere. Our apartment is much bigger. The suburbs here aren't corrupt like Chicago. The dog park is in our backyard. There's no traffic. The lines at the grocery store are non-existent, even on a Saturday afternoon! It's so much cheaper (remember the beer for $3.89!?!) It's so much quieter...the list goes on.  So I need to focus on that while I adjust to a much slower pace with a lot less options of "fun" things to do on a Friday night (or any night for that matter!)  I'ts all about adjusting...and it's going to take some time.  For those of you in Chicago, please hit up all my favorite hot spots for me, I'll live through you for a little while!