Re-Entry Observations
Some 'randomness' to start the week off right....
- Butter stays solid without refrigeration in Colorado.
- Chips don't get stale if the bag is left open BUT bread gets hard if the bag is left open.
- Toilet seats are cold in the morning.
- Speaking of toilets, you can flush paper here. (Caught myself looking for a trashcan in someone's powder room the other day in which to put my toilet paper. That would have been awkward.)
- The check-out person has no need to touch my credit card....I can swipe it myself...or insert it into the chip reader--which by the way beeps loudly when you need to remove your card.
- You have to bring your own cart out to the car.
- There aren't any guards at any of the stores. Cameras suffice. The kids say America must work on the 'honor system.'
- Water and Sanitation fees are WAY higher here. But then again, you can also drink from the tap.
- You can cross 'the paint' on the road...mostly.
- You can return things...even if you kinda used them. A.MAZ.ING.
- Decision-fatigue is a real thing. (Just stick with the 'flavor' of Cheerios you know!)
- It is quiet at night.
- Hello--daylight savings! It is light out until 8ish!
- I still reach for the emergency brake where it was in my SUV in Nicaragua.
- Left is HOT, Right is COLD--they're not both cold.
- If you spill sugar or something sweet on the counter--it is not covered with ants within minutes.
- Irony: expensive avocados and mangos (tiny expensive avocados and mangos) and cheap apples and berries.
