Isolation

I am the complete and true meaning of the term "city girl". Don't jump just yet (I know what you're thinking, princess). Not true, I LOVE to go camping with my man, we go as often as we can in the summer; I have spent many a summers working at camp (ultimate sacrifice on personal cleanliness).

In terms of being a city girl, I do have some requirements in order to maintain my sanity. 

1) there must be a starbucks within ten minutes of my home

2) there must be at least 10-15 wonderful, new, unqiue resteraunts for fun dinner dates

3) entertainment is a must, i.e. movie theater, ACTUAL theater, good shopping. 

4) character, a city must have character. 

5) See #4, it must be a CITY. 

6) a good place to enjoy the outdoors (e.g. Saskatoon has a BEAUTIFUL riverfront) 

Now, you would think that the college I chose to attend 4 years ago had at least ONE of these criteria. Nope, not even one. Caronport, SK is a town tundra in the middle of nowhere. Albeit, there is a reason I have stayed to get my degree and not gone running as fast as I could back to the U of S. I love my college, I really do. I love it for the true education I am getting here, the wonderful professors, unique and excellent learning environment. I do. However I am THRILLED to be graduating in less than 3 months! PRAISE the Lord. I am so excited to be back in a CITY. *fyi: Moose Jaw does NOT count as a city, and Regina is a little pit of doom. (Yes, I may be a little biased towards Saskatoon)

So you may wonder where all this complaining is leading to. Sometimes, despite the uniquely tightknit college town I live in I often feel incredibly alone. This is partially due to being away from Kyle and my family but mostly due to not being connected the same way to a city. I think I've always known deep down that I'm leaving in __ years, I don't allow myself to connect in the same way as I do when I'm somewhere long term. 

So, to finishing well and eating warm gingerbread cookies that just came out of the oven.