#ThingsIWillNotMissAboutDenver

• • • • SNOW
      • bipolar weather
      • Denver drivers
      • cracked, broken, concrete streets
      • suspension-destroying potholes everywhere
      • not being able to keep my car clean for more than 24 hours
      • stop lights that impede the flow of traffic rather than facilitate it
      • Colorado Boulevard
      • the constant smell of burning garbage…I mean pot
      • continually dry, cracked skin
      • being totally winded after climbing two flights of stairs
      • dealing with a horrible commute going to a job I absolutely loathe
      • grooved pavement that makes me think my steering is going out
      • all of my coworkers except two
      • people who don't know—or don't care—what a solid stripe of whatever color on a road means
      • tornado watches/warnings
      • Canadian flying rats…er…geese
      • daylight fucking savings time
      • fast food restaurants that have no clue about what "fast" means
      • water at every public restroom faucet being freezing cold
      • the intersection of Abeline and Alameda in Aurora
      • freeway onramps designed like a drag race (no, not the RuPaul kind)
      • traffic lights that have no consistent pattern (sometimes left turn before green, sometimes after) (red light, followed by red light, followed by red light)
      • a stop light at every intersection on a street
      • businesses with only one entrance to their parking lots
      • parking lots where you can't get from one side or the other, requiring you to exit the parking lot to get back in, or drive in front of the store to get across (Target on Havana, I'm pointing my finger at you)
      • every street being curved and hilly
      • one way streets (yes, i know Phoenix has some, but not like Denver)
      • dreading the arrival of autumn instead of celebrating it

And lastly…working for DISH.