Originally Posted by TroyW

By no means do I mean to make light of your situation, but you reminded me, you know what's funny about that? I come from a small town myself, so know what you mean. It can get very tedious and mundane very quickly.

Weird thing is, when we were younger everyone always said, "I hate this place, and I'm getting out of here. I'm moving to the city!". 80% of them returned, and are still living in the same town.

Not sure why. Guess it's just tough to break roots, eh? Anyway, hope you manage to find some way to make the day more enjoyable.

EDIT: Is there maybe anything you're interested in learning? Maybe check out somewhere like http://coursera.org/ -- tons of free, online courses in almost every subject available from top universities like Stanford, MIT, Duke, CMU, Princeton, Rice, etc.