Time for a Culture Shock

The time has finally come... that's right, Dani's going back to Newnan! ...For a few days. Time to hit the highway and take in the thrills of knowing the culture shock is coming.

(Oh, yeah. I'm back on the caffeine in preparation for the trip. I've had an energy drink and two cup of coffee's worth of caffeine. My brain's working at full alertness... and my body's got the jitters. Woo!)

Columbus--and life with Daddy--is a laid-back routine that rarely varies. School is from 8 to 10:15 on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays; 8 to 12:30 on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Wednesday is grocery day; the weekend is my "alone time." Dinner is at 6:15 almost every night, and you have to have a sharp mind and quick tongue to participate in the festivities of dinnertime conversation. Bedtime is often early, midnight being the latest; waking up occurs at 7:30 or 8 at the latest.

Newnan--life with Mama, Mike, and Shelby--is wild, fast-paced, and unscheduled. Activities occur whenever people wake up, and the insane amount of animals running about the house makes every day an adventure. Dinner may or may not be a "family affair," but you can expect the need to be cynically humorous to be a requirement when it occurs. Pop culture, politics, and morbid topics are often key discussion points. Jokes know no limits of perversion, rudeness, or crudeness. The house often springs to life by night, with the best time for fun being sometime after midnight.

In Columbus, I tend to be a bit more behaved (Stop laughing at that. I know you are.) and focused. In Newnan, it's a bit more spur-of-the-moment. In Newnan, my wild streak comes out with a vengeance, and it's almost as if I'm a totally different person. Even my language differs between households! Each house has its own set of inside jokes, stupid quotes everybody knows (and has the response--also a quote), vocabulary, and personality.

I'll be posting on here as often as I can during the time I'm away, although I do anticipate my time online won't be as drastically cut down as I originally anticipated. (But I do expect a slightly less amount of time available, primarily later in the day.) I've been told I might get to go on a trip to an abandoned building set for demolition, and I'm thrilled at the prospect. Especially because there's rumors of a decomposing... body of some kind hiding in the walls of the place.

There's also several large cemeteries in the vicinity of my house up there, and I hope to hit them. Especially the older one, because I'm fascinated at the idea of old gravesites.

I know for sure I'll come back with some entertaining (if not absolutely stupid) stories from the next few days. Mama's birthday is on Saturday, and that always provides for fun. Oh, and a road trip on Friday. Dani likes road trips. ^^

Tomorrow will be a fun day... just me, my car, and an hour swerving in and out of big rigs and drivers not paying any attention while traveling at 85mph or better. It'll be time to crank up the rock music and test to see if my driving skills have decreased.

The wild child is coming out to play!