Adjusting...

Well, we have almost been in South Carolina for a month! It has gone by very fast. We feel like we are fitting in for the most part and the people are so incredibly nice. Nothing like southern hospitality! We haven't had an opportunity to "sight see" because we are always out shopping for furniture or unpacking during our free time. I have included a picture of the falls in downtown Greenville. Cool, huh? They have a state of the art bridge to walk over and other areas to walk. Downtown is amazing with shopping, dining, free concerts, farmer's market, etc. Matt finished his 2nd day "on the job" today and it was a 13-hour day. The surgery started at 9am and finished around 8pm...what fun. He said the nurses were asking what he would like to do for the patient. No stress, right? So...we like it here, but we still have some adjusting to do. Here are some things that are different and some that we are having a little trouble getting used to...

• The news doesn't come on until 11:00pm! I don't want to think about how tired we will be after Monday night football this fall.
• Places don't open, if they do at all, until 12:30 on Sundays.
• We are the only people in the area with the feature on our car called the "turn signal" (of course it isn't EVERYONE, but a lot of people!)
• The houses in subdivisions are sooooo close together!
• The roads are sooooo narrow!
• The same road will have 5 different names in a short distance
• Gas stations have their prices posted and have one that is less than all of them IF you pay with cash
• Completely opposite of KS ~ it is all HILLS here! Roads are windy, hilly & narrow
• They sell sweet tea at Starbucks

I'm sure there will be more! You have to appreciate all of the different cultures in the USA. It is fun to learn new ways of life and meet new people with different backgrounds. I will say that waking up to crisp 50 degree weather is lovely even when it does get hot and humid during the day. Hope all is well with our friends and family where you are...