At last, we are connected again! Still haven't found all of the components of our main computer setup -- how could I forget where both the mouse AND the keyboard are packed?? -- but at least we have our trusty laptop, and finally, a working connection. I hate unpacking almost as much as I hate packing.
So we're all here and getting settled in, and there is now one room in the apartment with no boxes in it. Bathrooms count, don't they? Besides letting you all know that we're still alive and functioning, I thought I'd share some of our first few weeks' observations on how life in Sapulpa is different from life in Berwyn.
1) Driving to the grocery store: I have to go farther, but it still just takes me about 15 minutes, because I can go 60 mph for half of the trip.
2) Weird local things we've found in the grocery store: ground bison, anyone? You can get it at the Wal-Mart Supercenter!
3) Driving on the expressways (in and around Tulsa): 65 mph in the city!! And do you know what you see at the end of almost every on-ramp? A yield sign! How the $%#* do you yield when you're trying to merge at that speed?!!? There is plenty of room, anyway. We have yet to get caught in anything even resembling a real traffic jam.
4) Gas is less expensive (around $2.80/gal.), milk is more expensive ($3.60 to $4.00!). I haven't figured out yet if we're saving or not!
5) Going to church: all church is "high church" here. We visited both Methodist and Lutheran congregations, and didn't see another soul wearing jeans in either place. Everyone was friendly anyway, but we can't get away with being ignorant Yankees for long...
That's all I can think of tonight. More to come!
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