Things I've observed so far...
Organic food doesn't taste ANY different. It just costs more...except for organic juice and it is gross!
It is odd for a wealthy family to use cheap toilet paper! I'll keep buying my own Charmin and pass on the Scott's (Haley that's for you!)
Having someone clean my room every week is odd. This week all my lotions and sprays were organized by size...last week they were organized with lotions on one side and sprays on the other.
New Jersey drivers use horn intimidation on a way to regular basis. It has never bothered me when others honk. Here they don't stop until you move. Apparently your foot is suppose to be on the gas BEFORE the light turns green. I am not making that up..several people have told me that is the New Jersey way!
I am living with a family who I don't think has ever been to Wal-Mart. I asked the dad about it and he didn't seem to even know what it was like!
Thursday is the first time I've had potatoes with dinner since I've been here. My butt better start shrinking! No bread with dinner yet:(
Drive-thrus are extremely limited for some bizarre reason! Italian restaurants are EVERY 1/2 block but few places allow me to drive-thru to get a drink!
People pump my gas...That will never get old!!!
I've only seen/heard about ONE Mexican restaurant within 30 miles of here! CRAZY!!!
I find it strange this family has a Mango corer (didn't know that existed!) and no apple corer...
fireworks on the fourth
So I decided Saturday I was going to be a joiner. I know you all probably think me a joiner already but not really. You see I am a joiner only if a group is joining me. Having only been here two weeks means I don't have a group yet...having to jump on my own. The temptation to stay in my room was great, but I had already told people I was going. Following through meant doing something I know I haven't done since college if not high school! I put myself together and found the train station so I could travel ten minutes from the house to watch the biggest fireworks in all of new jersey in red bank. (google it and it will show up:)
Well first it is just plain weird to go all by myself with no intention of meeting anyone! Really weird:) What makes that painful is that I have a million sarcastic thoughts running through my mind and it is a challenge for me to keep them in my head. You know if is my greatest weakness to want to comment on almost everything terrible i see! oh the fashion alone is noteworthy:) When I first moved here everyone I first talked to claimed they were nothing like the tv shows but this event reflected some serious Jersey Shore action. They really talk like the guidos and have the shorts and the stuff popping out all over!!!
Second I am pretty sure I was suppose to either be in high school or be an alternate for the jersey shore to fit in. I am not sixteen, not a fake baker, not all about showing everything to everyone on the street, and not covered in tattoos! Therefore I stick out like a sore thumb. But what a chance to observe all I see!
Third I am not usually the type who likes to crowd in with thousands of other people to watch anything especially not fireworks. Don't get me wrong they are pretty but I don't fall over myself to see them. They are nice but crowding in with so many other people not my cup of tea. But I can say I went and the people watching was at an all time high for sure...especially when the woman next to me yelled at a six year old who stepped on her foot. She then turns to me and says sometimes you got to turn jersey (say that with the accent and then you should be able to picture the face i made! I think my mouth stayed closed though:)
Needless to say the fireworks while sitting on the beach on Sunday with a new friend from church were much more my style. I have had my firework fill until next year I guess:)
