Leave San Francisco

I have lived in San Francisco for 5 years and am just worn out. I can barely afford the apartment I share with two others. I hate muni. I miss having summers dearly. I want peace and quiet in my life again. I want to own a home.

I like the city, but it seems forever since i got here!!

Damn…it’s COLD. And MUNI sucks.

Everything is packed, and the UHAUL is taking it all away in the morning. Goodbye San Francisco! Wooooo!

hooooooray!

i’ve officially started packing.
the countdown has begun.

i love this city…

but reality is that i cant afford it, it’s making me totally irritable and crazy, and i’m just a country girl at heart.

no regrets, but come graduation in december, i am out of this place for good. i cant wait.

then i can be a visitor in SF and still know the city like the back of my hand.

I’ve done this.. for Tokyo, it was totally worth it. But Tokyo proved a bit of a difficult place for a non-Japanese-speaking American to find work, once the contract w/ an American company was up.. so now I’m probably headed back to SF.. unless NYC or LA beckon too powerfully..

I totally feel like I need to move to have some sort of peace in my life. All my energies are wrapped up in saving for a house or paying rent. I actually have to budget my groceries down to $100/mo just to live here and save money. The green space is just as full of people as the city space. And it’s rare to actually smell clean dirt (soil), grass or foliage. Yesterday, for once in the last 2 yrs, I heard birds chirping loudly outside my window!!

I love this city in many ways, but I think I will have to be going soon. I think I wouldn’t be so anxious if there were more space, less hustle and bustle and more disposable income.

Forced to stay a year and a half for work reasons and I dearly miss the warm weather in LA!