It's nice to be back in Seattle after being gone for 6 days. It felt like a long trip and I actually ran out of things to do. It seemed like I was just there in DFW, even though it had been almost 6 months. If my family didn't live in Texas, I don't think I'd have any reason to ever go there. I don't like the culture or the weather and I got really tired of driving everywhere. It was always muggy (humidity usually above 70%) and hot outside which made it miserable to do anything outside in the afternoon. Everything was so dry and ugly-looking and the water was very dirty looking from the plane. I noticed a lot of differences, mostly the same things Troy noticed. All the buildings are short, especially in Fort Worth. And downtown Fort Worth is very tiny compared to Seattle. There were very few people walking/exercising outside and I think I saw one guy on a bike the whole time I was there. It's just a totally different place from Seattle.

It was so nice to fly back and be able to see all the pretty mountains and trees and water. We took the bus home from the airport and then walked to the drug store and the grocery store downtown and then took the bus back to the apartment. All of that, without a car. We didn't use any of our gas and didn't have to fight traffic or anything. It was a relief to be back.

I'm also glad that Troy has finally quit his old job and now has a new one here in Seattle. It will be nice to finally have some stability and I won't have to wonder if his boss is going to call him and ask him to go back to Dallas any more. I'm looking forward to doing more things here in Seattle.