Okay, being originally from Canada, and now living in North Carolina, the culture difference is BIG. First of all, let me clear, I am from Quebec, where people speak their mind.
I went to the doctor's office last week and this is what she said:
1) Tell everyone you're from Canada and NOT from New Jersey (our real estate agent told me that the south is still 'upset' with the north), and;
2) Southern people don't really say what they feel or think, they will 'skirt' around the issue - right away, I'm thinking, "oh, oh!", that's not my personality - although my husband has been telling me to watch what I say, in front of certain people, for years (!).
On this note - read, "The Help". It is a really good book. Had I not read the book, I wouldn't have know what the horrible toilet, with the half-wooden door was, in the creepy basement of a house we visited. The same agent asked me, "Do you know who that is for?". I told her that I had read, "The Help" - and 'was it for the 'black' servant/maid'? And, she said, 'Yes'. Okay! What do you say to that. I came face to face with history. A history that I know nothing about. I only know the 'English versus French' history, not the 'Black versus White' history. Wow! What a shocker.
As for the house hunting, we have made an offer on a house - hopefully it will go through! The house is amazing!
As for our life here - the food continues to be great. I think we could easily gain 20 pounds by Christmas! School is going well. The little guy had a bit of trouble getting adjusted to the new school, but, I think, is getting more acclimated.
The teen started off great and now she is having a slump. She is missing her friends, back in Jersey, in a big way. Keeping an eye on her, though, she has been doing great in school - school before friends - which is a new concept for her!
Write about restaurants we have been too, next time.
Talk soon.
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