1. I thought the Mall of America parking lot was busy until I shopped in NJ/NY. There's NO messing around in these states...If you find a parking spot 1/2 a mile away, count yourself lucky.
2. Culture SHOCK are the two words I would use to describe the last couple of weeks.
3. A person who did NOT grow up in this country candidly observed that I did not look or sound anything like the others I work with (this was not said in a mean fashion) hmmm...lately, I HAVE felt like I grew up in a foreign land.
4. Kisses on the cheek. There's no dodging them in NJ. There's some total smackage (yes, I made that word up) of cheeks up here. Do I turn my face to the right, the left? Do I kiss back?
5. People who live in NJ, have ALWAYS lived in NJ...They continually ask me "Well, what did you move HERE for?" Sometimes I ask myself the SAME question....:) No worries, though. We are settling in. I've heard it takes 1-2 years to call a new place home. I'm hoping it will be sooner for us!
