Week 2 down. What is really interesting about being back in the south is how truly nice and polite everyone is. I mean, even more so than in GA. It's SO weird, I'm not used to it! I love CA for the landscape, but the people leave a LOT to be desired. My work peeps were far and away the nicest people I dealt with in the entire 3 years I lived there. I had to get off at "the merge of death" every day; I mean, NO ONE would yield and give you more than an inch of space to bully your way in. I almost wrecked on more than one occasion. On the streets here in TN, people not only yield and let you over, they will slow down and wave you on! That does NOT happen in CA. In fact, on a very memorable trip to Tahoe, we were trying to make a left turn across traffic. Some jerkoff pulled up and closed a very small gap that we could have squeezed in to turn ACROSS him, not even trying to get in front of him. Burns my blood just thinking about it, lol.
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| A couch full of Bishops |
The other day, I bumped into a lady in Kroger. She turned around, grabbed my arm, and said, "Oh Honey, I'm so sorry! Excuse me!" Again, in CA, people will run you over like you are taking up their God given real estate with nary a sideways glance. TN peeps are very ... country, and I love it!
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| Neyland Stadium |
One thing I haven't missed at ALL is the heat and humidity. Ugh. Back to sweating just by walking outside! We've ridden into Pigeon Forge to eat at the Paula Deen restaurant ... OMGosh, DIVINE! And yesterday we went into Gatlinburg to eat at the Log Cabin Pancake house. Again, DIVINE! We side-tripped to Knoxville to visit UT. Got to go in the gate and take a few pics of the field; I think Kody may actually go there after all which would be so awesome. When he was just a baby, I joked that I needed to go ahead and buy the UT diploma frame for him :D We'll see what happens!
David and I have settled into the new jobs. Not gonna lie, I miss the rapport that I had with my CA crew, but all the girls at the new place are very nice and outgoing and have been very welcoming. It's hard adjusting to a new way of doing things, but I've had a lot of ideas to help things run smoother, and hopefully they will! Love the Dr, she's super nice and of course does great work. My drive into work is absolutely beautiful with amazing views of the Smokeys. I've never spent much time in the town of Maryville, and I have to say that I am absolutely in LOVE with it. Such a gorgeous little foothills mountain town with that small town feel to it. I can definitely see us living out a LONG time here. Our house here has a fabulous fenced in back yard, and a PANTRY! It's weird because the kitchen is almost identical to our Cartersville house ... deja vu!
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| View on my way into work |
Colton went through a little bit of a rough patch over the last 2 weeks; the time change threw off his sleep routine, and he's been up late several times a night. FINALLY, the last 2 days have been better. He slept well, and is starting to get back into his routine. SO grateful. The cross country drive went well, and Yellowstone is every bit as beautiful as I guessed it would be. So happy and blessed to be here, can't wait to see how life pans out in the next few years :)
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| The drive into Pigeon Forge |
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| Finally showing some smiles! |
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| Yes, it's pink. Don't judge! |
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