By posting twice in 1 week! If only I would get better about having more exciting things to post about... Sadly it seems that as my mind is less stimulated and challenged through literature, my writing skills seem to go to crap :( I'll wrack my brain this next week to come up with something fun!
Well, today is Day 4 of the South Beach Diet...and it is not going well. Today for lunch, I had a burrito from Chipotle, and Jared had cereal (remember the "no grains" thing?) Sadly I'm not sure how closely we are going to be able to stick to this diet as a whole. However, I do hope that maybe we can continue to follow the Dinner menus for the next 6 weeks. That in and of itself I think will make a significant change both on our metabolisms and bank account. And the gym - we need to go.
Ok, for something slightly more thoughtful - I have had multiple conversations with multiple people just over the past few weeks regarding how ridiculously difficult it is to be a single adult living in Lubbock, TX. It seems that the culture of the city just is not conducive to such a lifestyle, which is completely ludicrous to me. It's a college town: once people graduate, if they stay in Lubbock, it is to get married and settle down. Otherwise, most people move away. Either to graduate school somewhere else, or to pursue a job in a bigger city, etc. But this continues to build an ugly pattern, so that due to the lack of singe community, it drives out the few single people that do get left here. It's hard to meet other single people (for friendship or dating), and the conservatism of the South still carries some stigma for an adult to be single.
When you're single here you feel isolated, like you don't have a place, and sometimes even shamed by others because you're not doing "what you're supposed to do." There is something seriously wrong with that. Here in Lubbock we live in our own little bubble - we are isolated geographically, and somehow that has created isolation in many other intangible ways. The culture of the city has not changed in 100 years because it has not been forced to. There has been no "invasion" of newcomers, or significant outside influence strong enough to take hold of the city to help it progress and grow. Therefore, it continues to remain as it is, with people who want to keep it that way, and those who disagree just leave. Good for them, bad for the city. Can you imagine if everyone who "disliked" Lubbock actually remained here and made an effort to help make change for the better? It could probably develop into something similar to the greater Austin or DFW areas...but instead of "investing" we just bolt. Strength mostly comes in numbers, and here that will probably never be the case.
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