Colorado, rah rah rah!

I’ve been an unofficial Colorado resident for three days.  I’m missing Husband and Lily terribly.  The commute from our temporary living situation is killer.  But I’m loving every glimpse of the mountains, every breath of thin air, and every molecule of green chili.

Little things:

• It’s DRY.  My lips are going to fall off and my skin doesn’t know what to do with itself right now. 
• The weather is crazy.  One minute it’s sunny, the next it’s a thunderstorm, then sunny again.  It’s cool at night and blazing hot during the day. 
• NO HUMIDITY, HALLELUJAH 
• Very few bugs. 
• Public transportation is everywhere but it’s expensive as hell. 
• Their light rail is actually a system as opposed to a single line. 
• I may not know where I am or where I’m going, but at least I always know which way is west. 
• Mountains.  There they are.  Right over there. 
• The elevation hasn’t affected my lungs as much as my heart.  I’m also not nearly as dizzy as I usually am, which is really saying something.
• I WILL PUT GREEN CHILI ON EVERYTHING 
• The major grocery store out here is called “King Soopers.”  I wonder when that will ever sound normal.  It’s not as bad as “Piggly Wiggly” but it’s pretty close.