Thoughts on. . .

*U-Haul:  They can be helpful sometime.  Amber's car wasn't working when she was visiting home and I was moving our things to the new place, so somehow UH seemed a good idea.  Maybe because the sound affordable??  Well, they would have been much more so if they had been with the terms on-line, (about half the cost for mileage, and unleaded fuel)- so although it was big enough to carry everything in one trip, with about twice as much room as necessary, it still came as a big shock to me.  Me who walks rather than pays $1.25 for the bus when possible.  Besides being cussed out during the first 15 minutes of me driving this enormous deisel truck, the trip went fine.  I would drive one again if necessary.  By the way, thank you to all of you who may have gotten extremely agitated with me in the past, and have not pulled in front of me driving something I'm just getting used to, slammed your brakes on and parked in front of me to get out and call me all sorts of names and flip me out.  If you've handled your anger towards me better than that, I thank you.  I can accept anger and not doing things the way that always gets the approval of others, but I'm human- I at least deserve the benefit of the doubt, right??  Let's just say it shook me up a little and made me appreciate the awesome friends I have and all the grace that many people bestow on others (librarians :)).  If I'm able, I'll rent a van next time, or better yet, get rid of everything I own minus what I can carry in one trip.

*Midwest friendliness:  Does it exist?  Are people really that much more friendly, approachable, and easy to be around in a certain region of the country?  Amber and I are leaning in that direction, because the 'friends' we have here are apparently more selfish and just don't seem to put the effort into the relationship that our good Midwestern friends do.  But there are thousands of people here we haven't met, so maybe we just haven't found the right ones?  I like strangers and acquaintances that I've met, but does that mean they would stay consistent or that things would work out?  Amber is so frustrated that we've even talked about 'where can we find good friends?'  In How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, there's a sort of club scene, and we decided to find that.  (Somehow I can't see Amber going there, and I don't know how many people I'd actually approach- I'm all about small groups/ one-on-one.)  I know that not everyone in the Midwest fits the true friend category (myself included), but it's easy to romanticize something that is not currently part of your life.

*Growing up:  It's nice to feel more responsibility and to be respected.  Right now I feel like I'm treated like an adult and not looked down upon as much as at some other jobs and times in my life.  It feels good, and I hope others get that repect from me, too.  I really hold others highly, but I don't always act/come across with my true intentions.