i’ve been a texan for a few weeks now. i have a pool pass, a military ID, a mental note to say “y’all” as often as i can. i eat blue bell ice cream. i skitter from one air conditioned building to another. i live in a big house in a big city in an even bigger state.
i haven’t, however, bought one of those “texans don’t call 911″ t-shirts with a screen-printed rifle. [there's nothing like a dose of texas to make you feel like a democrat. and nothing like a while in ann arbor to make you feel like a republican.]
i feel surprisingly at ease here. i will never ever get sick of fresh tortillas. [never ever.]
henry still asks nearly every day when we can go home. i assume he means michigan. but he might mean colorado. i’m not even sure that he knows. maybe he’s sick of these perennial stacks and stacks and stacks of boxes. [how is it i can spend day after day unpacking and nothing seems to change... ?]
i have all sorts of things i want to write, but the heat index today is over a hundred and that seems to stop my brain short. i just wanted to say hey, y’all and let y’all know that i’m alive [although woefully behind on correspondence and important things].
let me know if you ever evict the pile of cardboard from your house. i’m up to my ears in it.
woefully.
yay! You’re there. Big house sounds nice. Can I visit in January?
Texas is wonderful, though we didn’t realize how wonderful until the summer months were over. Really.
Do they use all-ya’ll in Texas? It took me several months of living in North Carolina to pick up the intricacies of when to use all-ya’ll..
Glad you’re liking it there so far. I hope you’ll settle in quickly. The heat index here was over 100 today. Nothing like feeling like you’re being boiled alive when you go outside. I’ll talk to you soon…
Does every car have a bumpersticker (or 70) declaring their political views? Ann Arbor and Texas might not be that different then. I think we’re all alike deep down. We all want to scream at everyone else for not believing what we do.
We miss you. We walk by your empty apartment on the way to the yellow slide and it makes us sad. We miss Henry and his lawnmower. Do the fresh tortillas outdo Shalimar? I’m just saying.
Y’all’s not so bad. When people start saying you’uns, then you know you’re in trouble
Glad you’re settling in. I hope you’re finding friends!