If you are reading this thing Welcome to my blog :)
Unless you know me you probably won't get the just of things so let me break it down simply for you. I was born in Louisiana, but pretty much grew up in South Florida since I was three. I always felt like I was a Louisiana girl at heart. My parents raised my brother & I on cajun food and the love of LSU & Saints football, EVEN when they were horrible. We occasionally visited my relatives in Louisiana throughout my childhood and my sisters in Mississippi. Basically I am no stranger to the area, or so I thought.
I am now 24 with two children Amber, 4, and Danny, 5 months. And in 2010 my small family of then 3 moved to Slidell,LA which is about 30 minutes away from New Orleans. Now you might be thinking, Slidell is not a small town. True, but we didn't stay there long before we ended up on the other side of the Louisiana state line in Picayune, MS due to my husband(Bern) switching jobs.
Let me just say a thousand chilli cook offs could not prepare me for this transition, just sayin. I am not saying this in a bad way, or downing the mississipian way of life by any means. But it is different and a huge adjustment for me. Moving from a pretty much liberal state to the bible belt of America is a huge culture shock & would be if it was the opposite way around. I suppose calling this the boonies is a little dramatic, it is a small town. There is no major chain resturants, although I've come to prefer & love the homecooking of small diners. The closest mall is 30 minutes away but I probably wouldn't consider it much a mall. From my home I can here the church bells every hour on the hour, the noise of football games of the local highschool which ironically the team is called the Tide with the same colors of Alabama ::sigh::, and my favorite sound of all (especially when I get the baby down for his nap) the train!! But seriously the sounds do make me feel part of a community. One thing I do enjoy is the good ol' southern hospitality. You wave at people when they drive by, you say "yes mam" and "yes sir" ( mind yo manners or you'll get corrected), people have an amazing willingness to help complete strangers, and more times than not the cashier will tell me her life story.
With all good things you must take the bad that comes along with it which means random people grabbing and touching my baby at walmart. Sorry but kindness does not cancel out my germaphobia.
From this move I've had to make some sacrifices like quitting college for the time being which I have bitter days about considering I am 3 classes away from my AA, (did you hear the bitterness come through there??). My husband has had to make sacrifices do, but in the long run I think the risk comes with reward. Although it is an adjustment I am working on it. I still am very homesick. As of right now I am a stay at home mom, I got a job at a preschool as a 4 year old teacher which I won't start training for until the end of April. I suppose this blog- or I atleast hope this blog will be a coping tool for my homesickness & ofcourse stories about my daily life and the nonsense of ear infections, no mommy blog would be complete without those. Regardless if this is a fail, Bern won't have to complain that I'm not using the computer he bought me ;)
My loves, Amber & Danny!
Once I get a more recent picture of myself I'll post it, wouldn't want to leave you with a false first impression! ;)
