A few more things to adapt to...

1. If you tread on someone's foot, the appropriate response to 'Oh I'm sorry,' is, 'You're fine'. (I know I am fine? I have just stepped on your foot...)

2. You must hold the door open for a disproportionate length of time, both entering and exiting a building. 

3. A shirt is a 'button down', and beetroot is 'beets'.

4. The first floor is the second floor. The ground floor is the first floor...Baffling, I know.

5. Boys names are no longer Tom, Dick and Harry. This has been replaced by Trent, Chase and Hunter.

The best of Skype dates -
Mr Murphy on Soph's knee

6. Where usually I would tremble with rage at a discarded tea bag in the sink, sweet tea replaces Earl Grey. Not so warming, but still delicious. 

7. No such luck as going for a cheeky drink, there is no casual drinking. Go hard or go home! (Or go to Qdoba...2am Mexican restaurant rendezvous)

8. I am secretly excited about wearing jumpers again. It has just been so hot. And I did pack 5 coats, none of which I have worn yet. 

9. Where usually I would wait for permission to leave after paying for something with the exact change, here all the money is the same colour so end up paying for a Coke with a $20 bill, when a $1 is right beside it.

10. 'Y'all', the best Southern phrase - meaning 'you guys'


'Y'all should come out!', 'have you got y'alls shirts yet?'
Doesn't really work without an American accent. Nevertheless, useful word.

So we did what they do in the movies...run steps. There are a lot of steps in the Kenan football stadium!!

Slowly getting used to life in the South! xxxxx