Frustrated

I want to preface this post by saying that I LOVE my family and I'm so grateful that Samson and I am able to crash at my parents place until I get the house sorted in MD.

That being said, I'm frustrated.  Living in Evanston is wonderful.  It's close enough to the city that the "it's too far to get to" excuse doesn't apply.  But it's just far enough away that it is irritating to attend things.

On Saturday, I drove up and back from downtown twice.  It wasted a good chunk of my day.

Seeing my parents (when they are in town) is nice.  It's nice to not have to sit and eat dinner alone or watch a TV show alone.

But....

I want to say YES more. (It's one of my goals for the year). I want to go out more.  Hit up happy hours on a week day.  Workout with Brooke. But I can't.  I want to start dating.  Really.

I know that some things need to be worked around with Samson, but living downtown would help that.  I could stop home and walk him and catch a cab to head out (or whatever the situation is).  Now, I have to get home, walk Samson and drive somewhere.  Then there's dealing with parking and driving all the way back up to Evanston at the end of the night.

I have got to get something moving soon.  Ideally, I would like to be in a place in the city by the summer.  For sure by my birthday.