Got my first taste of "Southern hospitality" within my first 24 hours (not counting Chick-Fil-a)... the moving truck driver parked the truck in a way that it made it tight for people to pass by but it was definitely doable. We had no complaints.... except one. Twice. The first time the lady came through she passed by what looked like pretty easily, and then laid on her horn for about 5 seconds! Big trucks had passed through earlier with more problems than she had and no complaints. Her little car made it through easily in comparison! She came by again later that day and actually stopped her car and yelled at the truck driver, telling him how "inconvenient" it was for her to have to drive by so slowly like that. He said she was older and had big hair so I'm blaming it on the hair spray fumes built-up over her lifetime (fair warning, Megan Eshbaugh!)
But for the most part people are SO FRIGGIN NICE here! The grocery cashiers, the WalMart greeters (even though they are paid to be nice), the movers, the cable guy, the natural gas guy, the lady on the phone at the trash company, the mail lady, the girl at the burger place, the guy at Jason's Deli, my new best friend at Schlotzsky's who I talked to about poisonous snakes (he's lived here his whole life and only seen one).
Our neighbors are awesome - one has a seven year old boy who loves Legos! We've had several playdates so far. That neighbor's grandma lives with them (lucky!) and cooks for them (lucky!) and does the dishes and makes the kids' lunches for school (lucky!) and she's SO SWEET! She made us a meal, complete with TWO DESSERTS. I was in heaven. The other neighbor brought us cookies (again in heaven) and is so easy to talk to! I've asked them about 1,000 questions about churches, grocery stores, consignment stores, gyms, preschools, poisonous snake sightings....
The kid's consignment store is like a beautiful boutique. So nicely decorated (the STORE itself, not including the clothes!) and the prices really aren't bad!
I'm sure there will be more to come!
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