Home in Texas
I cannot even tell you how good it is to be home. The cold has been nice, seeing my family and friends has been great, and just the luxury of a really nice house with all the norms of American life has been amazing. Since my first two trips home weren't really "home", it is like the first time home. And, I have noticed things that make me feel just a little bit weird. Here is a little list I have compose:
- little kids who can speak English
- lots of strangers who can speak English
- young women's fashion
- paying $4.50 for a water bottle at a movie theater
- not speaking spanish to the hispanic waiter
And, something that makes me feel great instead of weird is windows down, driving fast on the highway, blaring hip-hop music. That is probably the feeling I realized I missed the most without knowing it.
As good as it is, I find it somehow comforting that I will be going back to a much slower-paced El Salvador. It's weird to say and even weirder that I actually mean it but it's the truth.
- little kids who can speak English
- lots of strangers who can speak English
- young women's fashion
- paying $4.50 for a water bottle at a movie theater
- not speaking spanish to the hispanic waiter
And, something that makes me feel great instead of weird is windows down, driving fast on the highway, blaring hip-hop music. That is probably the feeling I realized I missed the most without knowing it.
As good as it is, I find it somehow comforting that I will be going back to a much slower-paced El Salvador. It's weird to say and even weirder that I actually mean it but it's the truth.
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