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Today is Steve's birthday and I'm so bummed that I can't celebrate with him! I sure am looking forward to hanging out with him this weekend though.....even if the entire time we have together will consist of ripping up carpet, cleaning and unloading a moving truck. I'm ready for next week to start now.
Anyway, on to some topic other than moving, job hunting or missing my husband. That gets rather boring and depressing.
I was working on my laptop in a coffee shop this morning and I couldn't help but be reminded of just how different life is here in Madison.
Here are some of the observations I made:
- People in Madison like to wear a lot of tie-dye. Since I'm a tie-dye fan myself this thrills me. My husband on the other hand hates my collection of tie-dye apparel and I've caught him in the past on more than one occasion trying to "hide" (aka throw away) some of my tie-dye apparel. It's nice to be in a place where I'm not discriminated against. :)
- People in Madison just kind of make themselves at home with others. For instance in the short 6 weeks I've been here there's probably been at least 6 occasions where I've been minding my own business working on my laptop at a coffee shop when a random person decides that they'll sit down at my table and join me. Sometimes they start up a conversation and other times just plop down with their laptop and work quietly to themselves. Sometimes it because there are no free tables in the whole entire coffee shop and other times the place is hardly busy and they just must not want to sit alone. People in St. Louis just aren't like that. It doesn't bother me, but it sure is different than what I'm used to.
- I don't feel like an idiot when I go into a grocery store here and bring in my own shopping bag. The folks in Madison are really into recycling and I love it! Back home I sometimes felt like people used to look at me like I was funny when I brought my own bag into the store rather than fill up a landfill with plastic bags that can never be broken down in the recycling process.
- People in Madison are a lot more casual - I love that I can go out in public in a jeans and a t-shirt here and not feel out of place
- People in Madison really bundle up before it gets cold here. Obviously I'm not looking forward to the dreadful Wisconsin winter, but I've noticed a lot of folks walking around in winter hats, scarves and coats already and it's not even got below 50! I don't like the cold but I think they're gearing up a little to early. I've been wearing a light hoodie sweatshirt and have been comfortable here. I thought maybe it was just me being weird with the weather until Steve mentioned that he thought it was kind of odd last weekend when he was visiting as well.Maybe the winterizing when it's not cold out has something to do with another point....people in Madison seem to have a lot of B-O....I'll save that one for another day though....
Anyway, on to some topic other than moving, job hunting or missing my husband. That gets rather boring and depressing.
I was working on my laptop in a coffee shop this morning and I couldn't help but be reminded of just how different life is here in Madison.
Here are some of the observations I made:
- People in Madison like to wear a lot of tie-dye. Since I'm a tie-dye fan myself this thrills me. My husband on the other hand hates my collection of tie-dye apparel and I've caught him in the past on more than one occasion trying to "hide" (aka throw away) some of my tie-dye apparel. It's nice to be in a place where I'm not discriminated against. :)
- People in Madison just kind of make themselves at home with others. For instance in the short 6 weeks I've been here there's probably been at least 6 occasions where I've been minding my own business working on my laptop at a coffee shop when a random person decides that they'll sit down at my table and join me. Sometimes they start up a conversation and other times just plop down with their laptop and work quietly to themselves. Sometimes it because there are no free tables in the whole entire coffee shop and other times the place is hardly busy and they just must not want to sit alone. People in St. Louis just aren't like that. It doesn't bother me, but it sure is different than what I'm used to.
- I don't feel like an idiot when I go into a grocery store here and bring in my own shopping bag. The folks in Madison are really into recycling and I love it! Back home I sometimes felt like people used to look at me like I was funny when I brought my own bag into the store rather than fill up a landfill with plastic bags that can never be broken down in the recycling process.
- People in Madison are a lot more casual - I love that I can go out in public in a jeans and a t-shirt here and not feel out of place
- People in Madison really bundle up before it gets cold here. Obviously I'm not looking forward to the dreadful Wisconsin winter, but I've noticed a lot of folks walking around in winter hats, scarves and coats already and it's not even got below 50! I don't like the cold but I think they're gearing up a little to early. I've been wearing a light hoodie sweatshirt and have been comfortable here. I thought maybe it was just me being weird with the weather until Steve mentioned that he thought it was kind of odd last weekend when he was visiting as well.Maybe the winterizing when it's not cold out has something to do with another point....people in Madison seem to have a lot of B-O....I'll save that one for another day though....
1 Comments:
I'm guessing you're witnessing the tie-dye and BO on the East side of Madison? I've spent time on both East and West sides - the East and Downtown is much more Granola than the West. But, you're right, everyone is Green there and I think it's great. Wishing STL was more like Madison in that aspect!
I was up visiting in Madison last weekend too and I noticed the winter coats and scarves already out too. Get ready girl! You're not going to believe how harsh the winter is up there! Invest in a good coat and a pair of gloves. We survived the 100+ inches of snow last winter - very happy to not have to go through that again!
Good luck!
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