Friday, October 14, 2011

Things I Have Learned (or re-learned) from My First Year Back in New Hampshire

1. When necessary, I can still bust out with a North Carolina accent like a champ, y'all.

2. No matter how long a girl might live in the south, her inner northern person will prevail in the face of cold. As in: Hmmm, it's 40 out. I don't need a stinking coat, because I'm from NEW ENGLAND. A sweater is PERFECTLY warm enough, thanks.

3. Snow boots, while not sexy, are necessary.

4. Speaking of snow, it's pretty! And also, shoveling it is an excellent workout. For someone else. (Yay for apartment living!)

5. The water at the beach is NEVER warm enough to swim in unless you're wearing a snowsuit under a wetsuit.

6. Hypothermia is not sassy (see #5).

7. It seems as though most people operating vehicles in MA obtained their licenses from some sort of correspondence school.

8. Mud. The fifth season.

9. C&J Trailways express to Logan  -- best. thing. ever.

10. No sales tax plus no income tax equals one happy Danielle.

11. Being close to one's friends in reality is much better than being close to one's friends on Facebook.

12. No one loves their teams the way a Red Sox/Patriots fan loves their teams. NO ONE. It's a scientific fact.

13. Robert Frost poems are better if you read them in New England.

14. Red Sox games are better on NESN.

15. Amato's still makes the best Italian sandwiches on the planet (sorry, lovers of Moe's ... )

16. Traffic Circles. Hate 'em.

17. This is an entire conversation in New England:
Person one:"'Sup?"
Person two: "Duuuuude." (shakes head)
Person one: "Yep."

18. Working hard is mandatory. MANDATORY. Because you're a New Englander.

19. Telling someone you live in New Hampshire but then giving them a phone number that doesn't start with "603" will confuse the hell out of them.

20. Family comes in all kinds of shapes and sizes.

Here's to you, 603.

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