Ye Friendly Towne

 

Two years ago I took this picture outside of the Marie Calendar's on Washington Blvd. I remember feeling excited and in disbelief that it was finally happening. We were finally on our way to becoming home owners. I must have looked like a weirdo taking a picture of this sign. I didn't care. I was so happy, nervous and scared. It felt like a dream. It didn't feel real at all. 

I wasn't too familiar with Whittier, truth be told I'm still not. I pretty much only knew Rio Hondo, uptown and the Greenway Trail. That's pretty much it. The little I knew I remember loving. I always thought Whittier was a cute, quaint city. I never imagined myself living here. I'm not knocking it by any means whatsoever. Maybe at the time I felt it was far, or something. 

I guess, somehow, it was meant to be for us to end up here. I freaking love it so much, so far. There's so much to do here. Whittier is HUGE. Sometimes I get overwhelmed with how much I want to try, and see, and learn from here. I still geek out about not having to use my GPS to get home, I still get excited about having to use my GPS to find somewhere new. I love that I have several friends here too. I just love it.

My only complaint about Whittier is that it's made me lazy. I feel there's so much to do here there is no need to venture out. There are plenty of bars, restaurants and activities. There's no need to leave! Before I loved going to downtown LA and Long Beach, but now I feel I don't have to. That might not be the best thing though. Maybe the pandemic had a little something to do with it too. Right around when we moved in, the pandemic hit and everything shut down. We were forced to stay home and believe me, we weren't complaining. But, I did notice the shift in wanting to leave my house. I seriously love being home now.