miserable.

Two people informed me that they had read an article ranking Mississippi as one of the top ten most miserable places to live.  Then I found out that Gulfport is the second largest city in Mississippi.  Gulfport is the size of Salisbury!  Then I read on this article that Mississippi has the lowest life span in the United States!  Then I lived here!  Then there was a wild pig on the side of the road!  Then it smelled like swamp gas!  Then I spotted the elusive swamp yeti!

Seriously though, I just can't cope with being rural.  A form came in the mail for me to fill out labeled "rural mail delivery."  Rural??  It's true.  I watch the show "Suburgatory" because I miss the suburbs.  Chipotle.  Noodles and Company.  Pottery Barn.  The Loft.  Nordstrom.  People.  Places!  Things!

I'm not cut out for the country life.  I waste all my money on gas trying to get to the suburbs!

Postscript

A blanket apology issued to all of my mississippi brethren.  You are really brightening up the countryside for me.  And in all fairness, I hated California when I first moved there too.