If you see me on a crowded sidewalk…

by Lynn on January 11, 2012

I’ve never mastered the art of getting around a city.
Whenever I’m in one, I feel completely ill-at-ease and lost.
Rather like finding myself atop a rugged mountain with no way down.

Finding myself in a mass of people gives me vertigo.
The hustle bustle of a crowded city sidewalk can leave me paralyzed.

So if you see me standing wide-eyed on a sidewalk,
please smile at me and say hello. It will make me feel better.

And then could you please take my hand,
and lead me to the nearest source of chocolate?

And then could you please stuff me in a taxi and send me back to the country?

And then could you please tell me that I never have to go to the city again?

And then could you please move all the museums and cool city stuff
out to the country?

And then could you please teach me how to navigate the city?
Because if we move all this cool stuff to the country,
I’m going to find myself in the city again,
and I’ll have to return to the city
just for some peace & quiet.

This post brought to you by City-Phobics.
We don’t know how to cure ourselves.

{ 5 comments }

Kim @ Homesteader's Heart January 11, 2012 at 6:06 am: I feel the same way girlfriend. I’m not a city girl at all, so I won’t be much help to you. I think it’s safer just to watch from a far, like say through a dvd. Just get one about the Smithsonian, curl up on your couch with your chocolate and your precious pup and all will be well with the world. Don’t ask me how I know!
Have a GREAT day my friend.
Kim
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Christopher January 11, 2012 at 9:25 am: I’ll never ask you to leave the country, but should you ever happen to find yourself in my city I’ll do whatever I can to make you comfortable. And I wish museums and other cool places like that could be moved around easily enough that they could be temporarily relocated to the country and then put back in the city before the country becomes the city.

And take pride in being city-phobic. I love what living in a city offers me, but often have to get away from it. I can’t stay away from the woods for more than a few days at a time, and just end up confused about where I should be. At least you know where you belong.
Cheryl Barker January 11, 2012 at 10:44 am: Won’t be a problem at all to lead you to the nearest source of chocolate. I’ll be headed there anyway!
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cottage By The Sea January 11, 2012 at 10:30 pm: I will gladly do all those things for you as long as we don’t have to drive anywhere. I’m completely hopeless at directions or city driving. Or country driving. I just get lost. Completely lost and then I curl into a little ball and cry. Then I call my husband and he has to guide me home. So, in short, as long as we walk everywhere we are going in the city and stay within a 4 mile radius – we’re good to go!
Jo H. January 11, 2012 at 11:07 pm: I am a city-phobe also. And I’d be quite happy to go find chocolate with you.

I tend to agree with Kim above. Much easier in many ways to watch a dvd or read a book on whatever museum you are interested in Works for travelling too.