I have since moved away from San Diego and now live in Houston, TX. I was actually very glad to get out of CA...for a number of reasons, but Texas was a new start. We got to come here and buy a big (at least compared to CA) house (in fact the house seemed SO big when I first moved here I thought little baby Hunter would get lost, what a joke now!!!), a new great job, and we made so many friends here. The people here were all transplants and we had a family away from family. I NEVER thought I would live here, much less like it, but it has grow on me. I'd say it's the people most of all...it's NOT the weather, well it's not the summer :) winters are great! It's certainly not the bugs, can you say mosquitoes?? I'm even amused that my kids know way more about Texas than me. (local Tomball history starts in 3rd grade, Texas history 4th, US history 5th and world history in 6th) I don't think I'll be flying the Texas flag anytime soon, heck I don't even like Scott's OSU flag! But whatever it is this is home. I'd love to move and be by my sisters and YES my parents, but who knows what the future will bring, right now I'm "blooming where I'm planted"!
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I think that is the important part. I am feeling the same way about St. George lately. Small town, yes. Hot, yes. But this is where my kids are born. And we haven't made tons of friends, as everyone down here has tons of family, but we are getting better with that. The important thing is to be happy where you are! And you don't sound defensive.
Very good thoughts, and I agree with you. I didn't think I could ever like Vegas. I really like it now. We live in a pretty little community(way off the strip) with tons of walking paths and parks(I sometimes forget I am in Vegas) I get a nice reminder of course when I see the g-string clad women on the back of the taxi cabs =). I have tons of friends here. People really do bond when nobody has any family around.
ah crap. now i probably sound like a jerk, for not liking texas. i don't love everything about utah, either! i promise. but i've bloomed, too, i suppose. i've gotten used to: self righteous mo's, polygamists @ walmart, and terrible drivers! but i've got lots of friends (family) and a home...
don't worry, hayley, go read my comment on your blog and then i'll sound like the jerk. i don't know why i can't keep my yappster shut about my dislike of utah. it's a problem. see, did it again. i mean it. it's a problem. heather, i'm glad you're a proud texan. we love it here so much. it's my absolute favorite place i've lived. but i hate it when people bag on where other people live (my in laws constantly bag on austin, although it was worse when we lived in vegas) so i just need to bite my tongue! people are passionate about where they live, that's for sure!
so i had this freshman roommate from alaska who took every opportunity to tell me why she hated texas. umm yeah it was weird. it's not like i painted a texas flag on my face and talked about it constantly, just a little flag in my room...i guess there are those passionate people out there who really hate texas. after living in utah for five years i understand why i love texas so much. and not even houston really, just texas in general...i love the term "bloom where you are planted"...it's something i heard when i was 16 and have had to remind myself of lots of times in my life! all that blabbering mostly so i can say thanks for the reminder! i needed that. :)
I agree with all of you. Most of the time there isn't much choice about where we end up -- I'm a Canadian whose parents have never gotten over the fact that I defected and married a US citizen! I think you go where you have to go and try to be happy where you are. Bloom for sure.
First off, do you have any recommendations for some nice, new work-out songs? I get sick of mine so fast..... It makes me laugh to read the other comments about Utah. I have learned to stop complaining (well besides to my family) about Utah, and suck it up... get through school and try to make it back to Texas. I'm finding ways to love Utah because this is Nate's hometown... but it's nothing like good ole Texas.
You're right--it's the people that make Texas a great place to live. I definitely did not move here with a "bloom where you are planted attitude," but that's just silly of me. I have made the best friends of my life here in Texas and we have my in-laws and it's all about you and your attitude (not you, per se, but a general "you")
I happen to love Texas, but I'm biased because it puts me just one state away from family. I would have preferred to stay in Ft. Worth, but bloomed is what we did here. Now I'm stuck with roots here. How did that happen! Northern Virginia, not so much. I didn't like it there. I am pretty much happy anywhere there is no winter. I HATE winter. Bring on the humidity.
I get the bloom where you are planted thing for sure! Being a born and bred Texan it's hard for me to live in Oklahoma, but I've realized that mentally complaining about a place doesnt make it prettier or a better place to live. It's all in the attitude!
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