Trips

So nice to get away for the weekend. I just went down to San Francisco for less than 4 days and really didn't do all that much but it was nonetheless, very refreshing to get out of town for a bit. I think, in addition to getting to see a very important someone, that the money is also well spent in order to keep me sane.
About San Francisco... my relationship with that city waivers. I started out not liking it very much, maybe because it was taking my love away from me. Then it grew on me. I liked the excitement, the difference from Eugene and other cities I have known. I liked the sort of rush and independence it made me feel I had. Sometimes though, I look at the amazing city on the bay and then I fly back to Eugene and am glad to be home. Maybe it is the Northwest in me. That no matter how nice and sunny it is where I go and whatever feeling it gives me, the feeling I really enjoy is that of coming back to the place where the mountains, the trees, the sea, and the lakes all meet up.
If someone told me to move to San Francisco right now and there was a good reason then I might, but I don't think I would intend to stay there for very long. I like it. But I guess my trips there have led me to the catharsis of the Northwest as my real home.