Well, I’m almost finished with the Philadelphia/grandma portion of this trip and looking forward to heading down to DC for friends and a wedding. I was going to type a whole thing, but the internet is being funky at Panera (thank god for them and kudos for the free wifi, which has turned out to be a much bigger incentive for me to visit their stores than the food (not that it isn’t good, too)). Some quick observations:
1) When Americans offer you tea, it is iced and really, super sweet. This is both odd and a little icky. Twice now, I have made this mistake.
2) People here look funny in shorts. I hadn’t realised that I’d stopped wearing them, like most people in Britain. Also, they’re super short and look a little hooker-ish. What up, style-less country?
3) Root beer is the best thing about the United States. Chicago isn’t bad, either.
4) Anyone remember when I moved to the UK and thought that the NHS perfunctory doctor style was tacky? Now it’s weird that they want to have a conversation about unrelated matters.
5) Top Gear should be added to the list (which also includes Duchess & Bill Bryson) of things that have been able to make me a little less funked.
6) I’m actually sick of talking about Peace Corps. And, duck it, I still would rather go to EE/CA and am secretly (well, maybe not so secretly now) not especially excited about leaving. I am hoping this changes and can stop envying the people who are going to Macedonia soon to do the same things that I am supposed to do in SA.
7) I’m still in grief mode and it sucks. I’m really tired of faking cheeriness, because no one would understand. I just want to go back to England and get a hug from the boy.