August 15, 2006
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News from abroad….
Okay, so maybe I’m not abroad, but this is the first time I’ve been able to get on email and xanga since I’m here. I tried to enter from the public library but they classified xanga as “dating” and it was blocked. Little do they know I have no interest in that area – other than my husband!!
We really, truly, are moved. A rental house, but a house, nontheless. Lots of help from my dearest family, which traveled down with us. Quite the caravan it was! A 26′ Penske truck towing Bens’ truck, my car, and my family’s van. The normal 12 hours were sped up to 15 hours, a very loooonng day of traveling. Ben’s family was here to welcome us and help us move in, and 24 hours after arriving the entire house was set up. The next day there was nothing left to unpack so we spent the day on the Islands…
Quite a cultural experience for me to live down here. I don’t dislike it, it’s just different. The clipped lingo I’m accustomed to is now a Southern drawl which I find hard to understand sometimes…
- I now live in GA (pronounced “jaw’-juh” drug out)
- Boiled peanuts (“boll’ed peee’nuts) are a common snack
- Strangers in Walmart smile and say hello (!!)
- Coming from the city where 50 people walked by my house
every half hour to moving to a dirt road where I can’t see
my neighbors from the house
-Tree frogs sound scary
-It really is as hot down here as people say it is
It’s hard to believe this is where I’m living. One day at a time, I’m taking just one day at a time…
Comments (4)
thinking of you as you continue to adjust to a new home, new community, new neighbours, new job, not being close to your family etc. . . hope it soon feels like home to you.
i love this post! you have humor in the midst of this.. *sniff* ..why is it that i tear up every time i talk or even write to you?? *sob sob*…
at least tommorow is a new day…with you in it!
hi clarita, this is sara. i don’t know if u remember me or not. i lived in south carolina for 2 years and i is it so much! i hope u can learn to love it as much as i did!
hope u don’t have too hard of a time understanding ppl! and hey, maybe you’ll end up eating boiled peanuts. (yuck!!) Sara
Hey Gurl, wats up this is trish i just got a site not long ago but neways i missd you all in church today!!!!!!!!!!!!!! oh i hope school goes ggoooooooood for you guys have FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! comment me sometime biiii