I MISS IT A LOT SOMETIMES...

Don't get me wrong...I LOVE my house, and the fact that I have my own (albeit tiny tiny) backyard, and that everyday I hear kids playing outside and hear the birds chirping when I open my eyes in the morning...BUT I often miss living downtown. Rob has been working nights this week, and I'm kinda lonely and bored. I lived downtown Vancouver for 6 years, and then downtown Ottawa for a year before buying a house in the suburbs...and I loved how no matter what time of day it was, there was always somewhere I could walk to, to window shop, grab a Starbucks, walk the dog, people watch...etc. The grass is always greener...because I used to complain about the noise, dirty streets, bums, loud drunks and all the other urban things that make a downtown, downtown. But I find myself missing all that. I even have an urban dog, who quickly learned the "routine" of being tied up at a Starbucks or Second Cup patio, and getting to drink fancy ice water from a cup (instead of his usual water bowl at home), while his owners drink their own fancy drinks! Rob and I dream that one day we can own a place right outside of the downtown core (in whichever city we wind up in), and then have a cottage somewhere in the country. The best of both worlds.