Reporting From the Trenches

I've been in OKC for about three days now, and I've discovered a few things.

Like, for instance, a chain of burger joints which sells, entirely unironically, a "bag of burgers". Yeah. I thought so too.

But there are considerations I've been making about my future and whether or not I can live here. Such as:

-Oklahoma has no AIR. It's so sweltering hot here I can't breathe.

-Traffic here is insane. Every time N. merges I hear the Grim Reaper sharpening his scythe.

-People here use the phrase "Thank you kindly" and they aren't being sarcastic!

-It's flat here. There aren't a lot of gradients in the ground. I'm from hill country, I get nervous without inclines.

-It's bright. I'm used to living where streetlights dare not go, and in the city every night is a smorgasboard of ambient light.

Even aside from all that, being here has made me acutely aware of the distance between me an the people I love. So even though I'm having a good time, and even though I love Athena dearly, I'll be glad to go home and see my life again. And while I definitely intend to come back, I honestly don't think I could live here. I'm a New Yorker. It's who I am.