There is something to be said about the air here. At least to me, it seems very crisp and clear. In fact, it seems so much more clean that I find myself getting tired more easily. It is almost as if the air zaps my energy levels more than what I have often been used to. That is probably to be expected when getting used to a new climate. The walking would have a lot to do with it as well.
Walking to and from in the downtown area brings back a lot of memories of my dorm days of college. In fact, it makes me laugh a little bit as it makes me recall all the people who would complain about walking down the hill, over the river, and back up a hill to get to class everyday. I can’t forget to mention those rainy, snowy, or icy days to go along with the complaining. I was never one to really do such things.
More so, I complained about the people who complained. It would only get worse as the argument changed from walking to lack of parking. Of course, my days in a small town saw me taking a ride over walking to school, and I lived barely a mile away. It wasn’t until college that I found myself walking two miles to get to class in a foot of snow and ice. Now I like walking more than I enjoy a bus or car ride. The rain I can handle.
Isn’t your new home at a higher elevation than your old home? I think a lack of oxygen might have more to do with feeling tired than the air’s crispness.
Then again, I did hear the government was putting aggressive nanobots into the ocean to attack people from the inside out if they breathe them in. So, you know, either or.
Iowa City: 668 ft
Vancouver: Seal Level
yeah i meant Seal level, those lil guys are just so cute… oh wait… they could be nanobots in disguise! Blast!
The apartment is on the 4th floor… so there is a slight elevation there…
But mainly I think it’s the hills