Swine Beware!

Week One Impressions:

- Americans are still fat and don’t care about anything going on outside of America. Hey, it’s the land of freedom do what you want.
- It’s weird seeing people again. Oh, it’s you, I know you. We like each other. No really, we are friends. This is not a fake relationship. You’ll have to give me a minute. I’m not used to this.
- Americans don’t like Georgian wine. Huh? But, it’s all natural. Interesting.
- I don’t have a large desire to go out and do everything. Weird, because I thought I would want to be out more. Hate large crowds!

- Showers! 30 mins. is more of a suggestion right? You can go over that.
- I still don’t sleep right but it is getting better.
- Pork is good.
- Internet fast. Me surf long time.
- Commercials both radio and television are annoying as hell!!! Get me back to a land where I can tune them out.
- Kids. Does everybody need two or three?
- I love baseball.
- My favorite round the corner bar in Charleston closed. =(
- You are all controlled by your smart phones! Give in to the power of phone.
- The Rep. of Georgia was more of a “dry” heat. This Charleston humidity is NUTS! It’s like sitting in a steam bath.
- I need to call more people to say hello.

Ah, back in the land of freedom.

America, what have you gone and got yourself into? I see you’ve been eating well and that’s good. Love all the products in your stores too by the way. I think I will try some of those bacon, cheddar stuffed crackers though, thank you for offering. And since when did you lower the price of your 48oz. fountain drink to the same low offer of $0.79 as the 24oz. size? You knew I was really wanting some Dr. Pepper didn’t you?

After not sleeping for 48 hours straight I arrived in Atlanta this past Tuesday night tired but so excited to be home. My Dad, Mom and Mom met me at the airport and we all chatted while waiting for my bags to come through. (That’s another blog post). Then, we headed off to a BBQ place where I consumed: 1/4lb. pulled pork with sauce, 1/4lb. pork ribs, a small tub of fried okra, Brunswick stew, 2 pieces of texas toast, some chicken and two large glasses of sweet tea. YFY!!! I was STUFFED! But, it was worth it.

Mom and I right after I got off the plane.

That night I slept pretty well to say the least. The next day was Mexican food and margaritas for lunch and then just snacked for dinner. I didn’t want to put my stomach in shock by giving it too much pork at one time. Better to ease back into it.

Thursday was an Arby’s sandwich for lunch. I know I know, not a “knock your socks off” type choice, but I had a craving. It was more for the sauce. That night was lasagna and garlic bread. But Friday brought hot dogs for lunch with plain ketchup and yellow mustard. Mmm… regular old mustard. (Again, it was a craving, not a must have.) But dinner was pork ribs (both boneless and regular) sauced up on the grill. Awesome! We also had some more okra. Love it.

Dad showing off his rib selection.

Saturday morning I had pancakes and bacon. Because, well, it was Saturday and what cha’ gonna do? I was however, leaving to go to Charleston. It was a good drive and it was fun to just get in a car and go. Go, drive 5 hours on nice paved roads with virtually no drunken drivers and places to stop to get massive amounts of Dr. Pepper. (Also, places to stop and pee and aren’t classified by their genus and species). Side note, I’m driving my other mother’s car for the summer that she was so awesome to lend me and it’s really fun to drive. Lots of toys.

Saturday night was another favorite: Mom’s meatloaf, mashed potatoes topped with English peas. Yum!

Then we had Sunday brunch where I met up with one of my aunts and a good friend of mine to consume a bacon, cheddar and ham omelet that was massive. Mimosas were had by all (except mom) and we had a few laughs. That night however, we feasted yet again on PORK! This time it was a pork roast that had been cooking all day in a pot with carrots, potatoes and onion. Yum. It fell apart on your plate and the meat was just awesome.

Onto Monday where I just sat around and rearranged the 48GB of music that I’ve collected over the past two years and got it all back into i-tunes. That night however two of my friends came over and we all had frogmorst stew (some call it Lowcountry Boil) and a few glasses of wine. Good times were had by all!

So that was my first week in America. Some would say it was based on the food I ate. I would agree with those people. I am eating like there is no tomorrow. But there is a tomorrow, and I’ve already planned what I’ll be eating then. (It’s pork chops, mac and cheese and rutabagas for dinner by the way.)