californ-i-a

California sun setting over the ocean...
Originally uploaded by **Mary**

so, i'm on my third day here in san francisco.
it indeed is fun and in two days we did more
than i have done in a week on any other
trip i have been on. it's been great to
see the best friend, but while she was in
class yesterday, it didn't take me long
to realize how much of a southern california
girl i really am. (how much of a beach bum,
honestly)

-i miss how i can go to the beach any hour of
-the day and just listen to the waves crash.
-how the weather hates being cold so i never
have to feel ridiculous if i wear a tank top.
-how i don't have to go to a bar to be entertained
(it's been an option presented to me every night
so far and i don't go) just because i know i can
go swing dance or i have plenty of friends to
do something productive with.
-how i miss my friends and family.
-i like that the homeless people in san diego keep
their distance and don't touch you and get up
in your face
-cars have a use and purpose
-concrete isn't anywhere destroying anyone's view
of this beautiful world God created
-i miss my church community

i like san francisco. shopping is great and i have
a love for cable cars now, but you know... the
suburbs here don't feel like suburbs at all. i miss
the space and i miss being able to feel i can breathe.

san francisco is so incredibly fun. you don't even
know...

but. give me san diego. heat waves and all.

i love you.
(p.s. i miss you)