To catch up, I and my family have moved into a bigger, much nicer house. You can tell it's nicer, because the only linoleum is in the kitchen and it hasn't yellowed, popped out at the edges, warped in places, and gotten weird mystery stains. It's a relatively new house, and it's out in the country, which in itself is pretty awesome and comes with it's own amusing annoyances:
- "That one guy" across the street: Last night, I was doing some late-night browsing on the internet, and I began to notice a familiar noise gradually increasing in volume. It was the guy who lives across the street coming home. He has an obnoxious car horn reminiscent of "The Dukes of Hazzard" Dixie horn. So he pulled into his driveway and parked the car, but soon decided that 1:30 a.m. is a brilliant time to play with your programmable car horn. So it alternated between an awesomely loud ambulance siren and Dixie for a good half-hour. Luckily my big box fan is loud enough to drown out his horn.
- The horses next door: Every time those horses whinny, I get that sick feeling in my stomach that I get if my laptop makes a noise I've never heard it make before. Because that's exactly what I initially think is going on. I've never lived out in the country before, so this will take some getting used to.
- The water tastes funny: We get our water from a well, and it has a metallic taste that has since died down (or I've gotten accustomed to it), but it leaves a film in my coffee. I drink it anyway, and haven't gotten sick from it yet, but I still find it uncomfortable to know that I'm consuming it.
- You know I'm all abou' da bass...: In suburbia, we'd always have that one neighbor who had a sweet sound system in his car and wasn't ashamed to let the whole neighborhood know, but it was usually some pop or hip-hop song. Out here, one of our neighbors blasts bluegrass with a big booming bass.
But the night is full of stars, so I've got that going for me. Will post pictures when Spring arrives and I'm willing to go outside.
