So the verdict is in.
The 9 (+)! month trial period is over, and I'm ready to state my opinion. I know this is a national matter and I know this might have adverse reactions, but it's high time the truth be told! I'm ready to stand up for the truth.
Washingtonians are frozed.
That's right.
Not a typo.
Not frozen,
not freezing,
not chilling,
but officially froze-ed.
(Yes, if you move cross country, you officially have license to make up words. See: G-dub's "strategory" or Jake's "vee-cation" and "bah-ronco" (I know a bit of a technicality here since technically he moved to Alaska far after he invented those words...but call it foresight and succumb to it like I have - trust me, you'll like it.)).
At any rate................... A girl moves cross-country, a girl has NO ONE local to the city, she TRIES to invite others to do things, but to no avail.
I heard from a senior coworker when I first moved here that it takes "AT LEAST 1 year" to meet people....and I have been trying to remind myself of that mantra ever since. Still doesn't make it any easier to invite others all to no avail.
Thank goodness for Clay, Vanessa, Bill, and Joe. Were it not for them I would be packing my bags immediately - but instead I will just whine on my blog and long for the days of yore...the days of southern hospitality.... of friendly families with arms wide open, a genuine concern and caring for new-in-town folk - and even - dare I say it...for non-locals!
Damn yanks!
Damn hippies!
Damn hipkies!
(if you don't get that word, please see 1st paragraph for explanation...)
I don't know if it's the mason-dixon line run west, the higher altitude and longitude, the lack of fried food and waffle houses and chic-fil-a's, or simply because all the people in this city were born and raised here and brain washed into staying and never leaving and therefore already have their dance cards full...but hello people!
Southerners ROCK!!
And despite our clever wit and well-placed sarcasm, we are not evil. I promise to not even expose you to a rebel flag or a potentially-almost-slightly-politically-even-questionable statement.
Weesh!!
I am seriously missing my like-minded sisterhood of the south. I miss my GRITS (girls raised in the south, of course - never was a fan of the food) and I miss my fried green tomatoes.
Ok................thanks for letting me vent - I feel much better :)
Now close your browser and go invite a newcomer to town for dinner or a local tour - ok?!?!?
ps....hmmmmmm.....maybe it's because people just don't like us?!?
pps...............NAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ;)
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4 comments:
First of all, 1:56am is WAY too early (or late - whatever) to be posting a blog. Sleep a little! :)
Second, what are you doing tonight? Let's play!
Erika has been a night-owl as long as I've known her! We shouldn't expect her to sleep too much!
I am sorry that the Washingtonians (hard word) are so stone-cold. They just don't know yet what their missing! So I bet you can't have good political discourse at work either?
To know you is to love you!!!!!!!!!! They just have to get to know you. What would have caused you to open up to a newcomer when you were in the south? You want cold? Come back to Atl! 14 degrees tonight and single digit tomorrow! Now that ups the cuddle factor!
Well, according to your other transplant co-worker, you only have about 3 months to go until the deep freeze turns into a thaw. You're almost there, Darling! Just keep doing what you're doing, they'll come around to your sweet, southern style :)
Miss you here, though. You can always come back to the ATL :)
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