I originally started blogging to chronicle our family's journey from Washington, DC to Texas. In fact, one of my first posts was about some of the stranger things I had noticed about this area. Now, almost three years later, I am starting to embrace the stranger things - or at least, not be horrified by them. The book pictured has been a great help. It was written as a humorous take on life in Texas from an outsider's perspective. While it does make me laugh (out loud sometimes), it is also extremely comforting to know that I am not the only person to have moved to this area and thought things were a little different...but in a good way.
Mind you, I still haven't come to terms with everything, and I've spent most of today trying to work "yall" into a sentence (I just can't do it), but it's getting better. We're feeling more settled, I've stopped ranting about the lack of grocery delivery and the overabundance of firearms (or at least, stopped ranting as loudly - note the firearms), and the whole family has started to establish friendships. I still don't understand the obsession with football, I still snicker every time I drive past the MaryKay world headquarters building, and I'm dying for some decent Ethiopian food; but as a family, we have discovered golf, learned to style our hair for heat and humidity, and gloat each time we can have a picnic on our lawn in December.
Like it or not, Texas is growing on me. Who knows, maybe next year I'll buy cowboy boots.
Ethiopian food?--what exactly is that?
ReplyDeleteI can totally see you pulling off the boot look! I snicker every time I pass the QVC building and I am still looking for that magic hairdo that works in humidity.
ReplyDeleteYes, but you should be able to get some good mexican food! Ooh, and good BBQ too!
ReplyDeleteI totally get it...our move to Boise led me to love Bronco football yet I remained committed to not using 'over yonder there' in a sentence. And I seriously wanted cowboy boots for a little while. Glad things are going well!
ReplyDeleteWell if things don't work out -we'll gladly trade you places. We like firearms and would start using 'yall' every other word if it meant picnicing in December!
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, Ethiopian food is yummy! I've only had it in college when I went to a party hosted by an Ethiopian - is there an Ethiopian restaurant in Utah?? If so, I'll take Tristan because I KNOW how much she likes to try new food... :>
I feel the same way about New England. I've adapted a lot, but am still not exactly "a New Englander."
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad that y'all are settling in, although it would be great if y'all traded Dallas for Atlanta. We would love to see y'all more often. Oh, and by the way, if y'all need any help with fitting "y'all" into a sentence, y'all just give me a call.
ReplyDeletePlease note that the apostrophe must be placed between the "y" and the "a". It is an improper conjunction of the words "you all" and as such, "ya'll" is incorrect and something I just won't tolerate.
Don't get football!?!?
ReplyDeleteI don't get that sentence.
If its any solace... I don't get Texas either.