The West End.

So I have been dogsitting/housesitting in the West End. Please remind me not to ever do this again. I have always known that I hate venturing out to the Short Pump/Glen Allen area of Richmond but now I have more confirmation as to why. The main reason is inconvenience. As many restaurants and shops as there are in the West End I find I don't want to go to any of these places because of the traffic, the parking, the families, the traffic lights, the congestion, the construction....I hate it. I feel like I am back in Tampa where it takes a good 20-30 minutes to go 10 miles down the road. By the time I get to the house I am staying at after work, to let the dogs out, I am so stressed from all of the driving that I dread having to get back in my car to go to the gym. I don't even want to go to the store because it is going to be filled with mommies and daddies and kids running all over the f-ing place. I am feeling really frazzled because I am so out of my element and quaint little world that the City of Richmond provides me. Ugh, I can't wait until this week is over with!