Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Guess this list:

  • High Fructose Corn Syrup
  • Calories
  • Processed foods
  • Organic foods
  • fried food
  • Really good Hygiene practices
  • dust everywhere
  • predictable schedule
  • lots of body odor in the house if there are workers fixing things
  • workers cleaning up after themselves
  • workers leaving all the doors open to "cool" off the house
  • workers wanting to hug your two year old all the time
  • Feeling VERY much on display if by yourself in a small grocery store. Let alone being 9 months pregnant. I'm sure they were all thinking "why isn't that woman's husband doing the shopping!!" (Thankfully he does 90% of the time. asking him to buy the right kind of face soap and pantyliners and floor cleaner are just not fair!)
  • going the speed limit (too fast and too slow are equally acceptable)
  • having directions and street names and house numbers i.e. being able to communicate WHERE you are or where someone else is
  • Justice - in the sense of "All men are created equal"
  • racism
  • having a place to go with your kids other than the grocery store
  • being sweaty
  • being hot
  • sharing a cup of water with the family you are visiting

These are all things that you basically can't care about or have a strong opinion about if you live life on our side of town. Some of these things change on the other side of town, many don't.

2 comments:

Tina said...

And I thought being pregnant in a Georgia summer was bad! #9 reminds me of German trains and buses in the summer...

Jeni said...

Nice list, Steph!