Hi y'all!
This is my first official post from my new
home in Atlanta, Georgia! What a crazy few days! I don't even know where
to begin. You may have noticed that I have changed the title of my blog
to Suddenly Southern. I was trying to find a way to incorporate my
Southern transition into this blog and I thought the title change fit
perfectly. In the last few days I have seen my new home, met some
wonderful people, hung out at a luxury car dealership, been to another
state and learned many new "Southern-isms". We left Reno on Friday first
thing in the morning. Checking in for a one-way flight was a new
experience. Our layover in Vegas was definitely interesting, our flight
to Atlanta was delayed which was a bummer, but we managed. I was so
excited to find a Coffee Bean in the airport, I LOVE their white
chocolate ice blended coffee. Let's just say that it was a one of a kind
experience. The barista who made my coffee decided he was working at
Coyote Ugly and proceeded to flip my coffee in a circle and bounce it
off of his arm and in to his hand. Needless to say, it didn't work! THe
coffee splattered everywhere (including on my pants!) and he then spends
the next 8 minutes helping other customers and treating me as if his
stupid stunt was my fault! That didn't sit very well with me or any of
the other customers at the counter! Eventually our flight landed in
Atlanta and holy heat wave Batman was it hot outside! Apparently we
moved during a heatwave that has set record-breaking temperatures for
most of the East Coast...Yay? Saturday my phone showed the temperature
at 106 degrees! It never got that hot back home, that's for sure. I also
had my first glass of sweet tea, and let me tell you it was S-W-E-E-T!
Oh man was it sweet, I will probably have to start ordering my tea
unsweetened and sweetening it myself! I'm not so sure how well that will
go over locally :) I also got to spend part of Saturday at the Audi
dealrship of North Atlanta, I caught a ride with a friend's clients back
to Chattanooga to see my Mom, who by the way should be referred to as
Mama according to every Southerner I've met so far, which I have no
problem with. Did you know that the Audi dealership has it's own cafe? I
didn't! This couple I met there were so nice! They were buying a
surprise Audi for their son, who is starting college in the fall. Don't
get too excited, I already asked if they wanted to adopt me, they aren't
accepting new children at this point in time. I so enjoyed riding to
Chattanooga with the wife, she was very delightful. We saw our new house
and met some of the neighbors. The house is lovely and everyone in the
neighborhood seems very nice. Chattanooga is also experiencing this
heatwave so I haven't spent much time outside, but so far I have noticed
how GREEN everything is in the South! It's very pretty here. I've also
learned that all soda is coke, sweet tea is VERY sweet, you cross state
lines NEVER borders and whatever you do, DO NOT go outside if it is 106 +
degrees in the South, at least, not if you can help it. Oh and there is
a very bizarre bug here that buzzes in large groups at night that
sounds like an electrical transformer multiplied by 20, apparently
that's normal here! I have never heard a sound like it in my life. I've
also seen the site of the Olympic torch from the '96 Summer games, as
well as the site of the Olympic Village dormitories which was really
cool. I've also seen the stadium where the Braves play, I should really
learn the name of that field, and that even though the speed limit on
the freeway in Atlanta is 55-65 everyone drives 80 mph and up. As you
can see, I've had quite the education the last few days in Southern
ways, and I'm still trying to adjust to the time difference. I should
probably give myself more than 3 days to adjust. I changed the name of
this blog to Suddenly Southern because I couldn't think of a more
appropriate way to describe the current state of my life. I'm very
excited to see where this new adventure takes me! I promise to upload
some of the pictures I've taken soon.
Thanks for reading and stay tuned!
Sarah
