- the fourth of july is not just a holiday, it’s a HOLIDAY.
- you should paint your toenails.
- it’s hot. really really hot.
- there are fresh tortillas in the grocery store.
- right next to the tortillas, there is fresh guacamole.
- it is hard to make a big house look clean.
- there are maggots in the garbage can.
- fire ants really do bite. and swarm. and all that.

9. your friends from ann arbor miss you when you are there.
Hmm. I should come visit you. I have never succumbed to #2 btw. But I feel like the only one. My mom even has purple flowers on her toenails right now.
I don’t know if the fresh tortillas make up for the fire ants, but they have to help just a wee bit. Those things are good. Be sure to document more of these strange observations during your adventure in foreign lands.
fresh tortillas and homemade guacamole has to negate some of the other cons.
and yes, big houses ARE hard to keep clean.
Fire ants are awful. Sorry you had to discover them!