I think I am small-towned out. I know, I know, the population of the region I’m in is 500,000, and of Waterloo is 100,000+, so maybe not so small. But definitely small town mentality. I have benefited greatly for a while of not a lot going on so I could focus on my research. But I’m beginning to see that maybe a lot of my research could be done in the big city (except that big city prices are hard to contain when traveling between two cities). And I”m learning to grow tomatoes and herbs, and I’m working on my cooking, so I have been *trying* to make the best of it! But my significant other leaves soon, and I’m starting to wonder what I have here. I haven’t willfully put down roots (which is judged here as investing in property), and as a grad student, people haven’t put down roots with me (because I haven’t bought a house!). And then I realized I was *not* in a cosmopolitan city when the repair guy at the shop where I bought my bike made homophobic remarks with a delivery man, and surprised, I asked them to cease the work order, told him why I would rather someone else repair it, and kept moving. Very small town mentality. Or at least, what I’d expect it to be.
The psychic flux of enjoyment associated with this town is currently low to very low 
Looking at the previous post, my car love didn’t even last a week!!!!
