I have been thinking lately about the difference in living in the south, then what I expected and what has happen. While we were in the process of moving here friends would tell us what they thought we would see and how it would be. Some of the thing were correct but nothing like they thought it would be... One of the things I was told is that in the south they always use china dishes and have fancy meals. Well I have been to only one meal at someone's house that was fancier and that was my adopted Grandparents and it was not any different then what I would have expected with a dinner for four. There was only one fork, knife, and spoon at each place and the dishes were not china just pretty dishes.
One of the things we thought moving south would be like was having warmer weather. Well, that is not entirely true, it does stay warm longer but it can get cold and stay cold enough that the ice stays on the roads for about 3-4 days causing us to be struck home or were ever we are until it melts. We thought that since we are use to snow in PA that we could easily drive here in the snow but we never thought about the fact that they do not have the equipment to clear the roads. I do enjoy being able to go outside with out a jacket sometimes in the middle of winter when the weather is spring temperatures. But we have to take our jackets with us because the weather can change so fast even in the spring to freezing cold temperatures in only a few hours and over night the temperature can go from 70's to snowing.
I thought that when we moved so far from our relatives that we would we would lonely but I was mistaken because we have adopted so many relatives and they have adopted us that I feel so blessed to have been able to move here and be part of the south. I did not think I could have ever imagine that I would love living any where but in PA. I am very glad God brought us here, even though we still have to deal with freezing weather in the winter.
