You want to do WHAT with my soda?!?

Aside from Mrs. Winner's Chicken & Biscuits, the only place to eat that is near school is Wendy's. Since Wendy's is one of those familiar restaurants of my childhood, I go there about once a week for a baked potato and a Coke Zero (which they have IN THE FOUNTAIN... awesome). The other day, I was getting my usual Tuesday dinner when I happened upon a new sign on the soda fountain... 

Apparently, you can now add FLAVOR to your soda. 

I was (and still am) speechless. 

So I added cherry flavor and went upon my merry way. 

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Is that blue fire in your bedroom??

It was late afternoon when I finally left orientation at my new school (and the sole reason for my sojourn southward), so when I finally found my craigslist sublet, I was tired. However, since it was the beginning of January, it was also a bit chilly when I walked through the front door. I walked around both rooms of the apartment - not exactly the spacious apartment that was advertised - looking for a heater. After a few minutes of reading the note left for me, I figured it out... the menacing looking box with the gas line attached to it was my heating system. Hmm. I am pretty confident that this type of system wouldn't fly "up north", but apparently it's pretty standard around these them there parts. So now, every night when I go to bed, I am soothed to sleep with the glow of a blue gas flame... I just try to forget the warning on the heater stating: Not Suitable for Use in Bedrooms. 

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Welcome Y'all (what did I just say?!?!)

Ever since my car whizzed past the Mason-Dixon (which is much more north than one would think) a month ago, I have noticed the differences between this new city that I live in and the one that I have (temporarily) left behind are vast. Like Mississippi River vast. There have been entire days where this new world of drawls, ma'ams, y'alls and driving have left me mystified. So, to pass the time, I have decided to write about them. But since I am no novelist, there will probably be more pictures than words gracing these pages. 

So, sit back, relax and enjoy the hilarity that is my new world. 

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