One Of The Good Reasons

Today I was asked, "Do you still Blog?" And so I'm blogging so that I can say, "Yes."
I like living in Salt Lake for many reasons. Some of them I expected, and some of them were surprises. One of the reasons I didn't plan on is this: I don't know anyone here. Now at first glance this seems like a negative because it means I'll spend some Friday nights all alone, there are few people to lend a hand if I'm in a bind, and I'll miss a lot of people that I have grown to love. Although these points make me sad sometimes I believe the perks of not knowing anyone in SLC are there.
I love going to the store in my pajama pants and not recognizing anyone. There are no familiar faces anywhere and so there are no awkward moments on the frozen food isle where I'm pretty sure I should know the name of the girl buying Bacardi daiquiri mix but I'm just not sure if it's Julie or Jessica and so I try to pretend that I don't see her even though I'm too close to not. The chances of running into the small number of people I know here are very slim. The area is greater and the number of people I am acquainted with is smaller.
Nobody knows anything about me. If I want to I can leave the whole "worked at Jamba for 4 years" completely out of my life story and that is a good feeling.
I'm bugged by less people. Because I only just know the people I do know I'm able to go places without seeing someone that annoys me. I can go out do dinner without being waited on by an idiot jerk face that I had an art class with freshman year. It's nice to have such a clean slate with the general public.
And so, even though some days I'm saddened by the fact that I don't know anyone, I choose to see this as a great reason to love my newish home.