The weather improves. 70 degrees versus 48 degrees.Â
People seem to get nicer. I can’t keep count of the sweethearts and sugars.
I recall how much I hate D.C. and Baltimore traffic.
The dogwoods and redbuds are blooming.
I can find sweet tea.
I find a station playing the Don and Mike show live. Oh, I can’t forget finding country music stations. NYC has no country music. None.
I find real comfort food i.e. spoon bread, Brunswick strew, and my favorite…Biscuits and sausage gravy. (Dinner tonight!)
I don’t get the usual, “Your accent is cute/different. Where are you from?”
I can find men who open doors.
I start to calm down and I begin to focus on what needs to be done. The pity party is postponed and I found my big girl panties.
9 responses so far ↓
1 Damien Riley // Mar 26, 2008 at 11:24 pm
Sounds like a Knott’s Berry Farm dream. I’m out here in California so that’s as close as it gets for me
But I do hold doors open!!!
2 Rudy // Mar 27, 2008 at 2:40 am
Californian here too. I hold doors open, give way when you change lanes, help a lady carry bag full of soil, and say Good Morning to the bored security guard every day.
It helps that it’s always 77F and sunny here too.
3 Jillian // Mar 27, 2008 at 7:23 am
If it weren’t for my husband, I don’t think anyone would get the door for me….
4 Deb on the Rocks // Mar 27, 2008 at 8:32 pm
Biscuits can sop up a lot of stress. Enjoy what you can!
5 fragileheart // Mar 27, 2008 at 9:52 pm
lol big girl panties… do you mean granny panties? Like in Bridget Jones’ Diary? eeeewwwwww lol Glad you’re feeling more relaxed
6 elle // Mar 28, 2008 at 12:56 pm
Long live the South, couldn’t exist for long anywhere else (at least not happily…)
7 Cassie // Mar 28, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Amen! Amen! Amen!
You also get the nice southern gentlemen (I married one!).
8 Ann Clemmons // Mar 28, 2008 at 6:32 pm
Bless your heart~ Have you noticed any clotheslines, screen doors, or pollen coated porches?
Although, I must be missing something. What do you mean the pity party is postponed? Golly, I must have missed a post. I hope everything is o.k.
I’ve been off line awhile and need to catch up~
Ann
9 Alicia // Mar 28, 2008 at 6:51 pm
I interpreted big girl panties more along the lines of taking off your diaper and switching into real underwear (because you are now officially potty trained!). I hope that is right, lol. Enjoyed this post because it is so true. Things get better and better the further south you go, that’s why I went all the way to Florida.
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