What I like about you
One week to go. At this time a week from today, I will be on an Air China jet somewhere over the Pacific, so I got to thinking about what I’ll miss and not miss about this place that’s been my home for just over twenty years.
Things I will miss about Seattle (not exactly in order):
- My wife
- Our cats
- Seeing Puget Sound from my living room window
- Being able to hop in the car and drive myself somewhere
- The relatively clean air and mild climate
- The sight of Mt Rainier off in the distance
- My wife’s cooking
- Being a day’s drive from my parents
- Playing soccer on Tuesdays with the mighty Kick Arsenal
- Having 3000+ CDs at my fingertips to suit my musical mood
- Having a couple hundred DVDs around if I feel like watching them
- Having lots of books around, etc.
- Various favorite restaurants, pubs and bars
- Netflix
- Watching Lost on Wednesday nights
- Cheese, and probably some other food items
Things I will not miss about Seattle:
- The Alaskan Way Viaduct
- Scooping the litter box
- Having to drive myself places in ugly traffic
- A city government that can’t seem to do much of anything, including a mayor who looks like a sausage
- The never-ending construction next door to our house
- Credit card offers in the mail
- Annoying political advertisements
Feel free to leave comments suggesting other things I should miss or not miss. I’m sure I’m forgetting lots.