Another Day of Hating South Florida (sort of)

I say, "sort of" because I think hate is a strong word. I don't hate it exactly, I just dislike many things about it, not the least of which is the school system. That's not to say there aren't some great teachers here (who aren't getting paid nearly enough money); it's just that the atmosphere in which they have to teach isn't always the greatest. I won't get into it too much because I don't want to seem overly negative with regard to South Florida, but I definitely will not, if I can avoid doing so, send my child to any school here. I'm currently researching the homeschooling option, which I think is kind of a cool idea even if one lives in an area with a great public school system. I grew up in a great public school system and still hated it. When I arrived at college and realized how much different it was I was hugely relieved. In college I could be myself, without all the b.s. Aside from the school system, I'm just tired of being here. I want to be back with my family. I'm tired of all the scam artists and scumbags who live here. For every cool person I meet I seem to meet ten fake or otherwise horribly untrustworthy people who fool me for a short time into thinking they're relatively normal (and understand that my definition of normal is fairly liberal) and then stab me in the back somehow. Either that, or I get into relationships with people and they move away (it seems like every time I form a close friendship with someone cool they leave-a telling pattern). I'm tired of taking the time to build relationships just to have people move away or turn into psychopaths (and, in a few cases, I mean this literally) so at the moment I'm in a state of near isolation. I'm not in a position where I want to get close to anyone else down here. I'm part of a couple of online Mommy groups, but not all the women in those groups are from down here, and when I do "meet" someone from here I'm skeptical, although I still talk with people and try to give them the benefit of the doubt. I have met a few really great people since I've been here. Possibly, I'm a bit grumpy due to the intense heat that set in about one month ago, not to be gone until probably next January or December, if we're lucky. The oppressive humidity makes being outside unbearable; I can't take my daughter to the park and the first few minutes of being in the car first thing in the morning are like being shut into a sweat box. Even with the a/c running for a few minutes it's still hot in my car. Anyway, seven weeks until I go up to Massachusetts again and I can't wait. I'm going for two weeks to visit with my family in my home state and I couldn't be happier about it. Hubby is coming up for a long weekend as well, which will be good because the only thing I hate about being up there is him being down here while I'm up there. I miss him horribly when we're apart for any length of time (this being a good thing!). All of this said, I think I just heard the sound of many toys scuttering across the downstairs tile floor, so this would probably be a good time to sign off. It's dinnertime anyway.