Hello world! I have finally made it to the 21st century and I am connecting to the wider world (for lack of better options) through my computer because I now live in a place called Enterprise Alabama: the birthplace of extensive peanut farming in this country, home of the boll weevil monument, and neighbor to Fort Rucker, the center of army aviation.
Brief Background: I was born and raised in Connecticut. I did theater. Now what this means is that I knew football had a halftime because of the Janet Jackson Super Bowl incident of 2004, but I did not realize that there were also quarters in this great American game. So, when I tell you all now that I am an Alabama fan (and was before their huge win last week over LSU) and that I roll tide and wear crimson (which is partially due to the large amount of scarlet clothing I have from college and partially due to the fact that the first people I met in Alabama were Alabama fans), but you are an Auburn fan, or a cranky LSU fan, please keep reading because I am pretty sure we will still get along. If you love football and are horrified by my lack of knowledge, either get over it like my husband did, or get out because this ain’t that kind of story hunny.
Ok. Background. Not only am I from CT, but I am also Jewish. I lived in Israel for a year on the conservative program Nativ before I went to college, and I started keeping kosher and becoming more religious. Now this causes some problems down here in the Bible Belt where the first question people ask you is what church you go to, followed closely by what football team you support. And now you see why that first day in Alabama went something like this:
Alabamian: What church do you go to?
Me: Well, I’m Jewish sir.
Alabamian: *blank stare* Well… uh… what football team do you support. I Roll Tide.
Me: Wow! Me too!!
*** 5 minutes later***
Me: What is Roll Tide?
My husband: *sigh* It means you support Alabama football. I thought we had agreed you would support the gators with me!
Me: Oh. Sorry. I was desperate!
Right. Welcome to my life. Now I’m not slamming on Alabama. It is beautiful down here and I am wearing a T-shirt while my mother is shoveling out her car after the snowstorm last night in CT, not to mention the great people I have met so far that have made this culture shock a little easier to handle. However. I’m still a yankee in confederate lands, only read the old testament, and try to keep kosher in a world of BBQ pork. I also went to Boston University and received a degree in archaeology, which although it looks cool in movies like Indiana Jones or Tomb Raider, is a profession where it is impossible to find a job… here. Also, I am a newlywed army wife and my husband is learning how to fly helicopters while I … do laundry.
So this is me in a nutshell. If you think my life makes for a great combination of crazy, I would personally agree. I promise some great stories of my time here; everything from the wonderful people, the frustrating challenges, and those little what the…? moments that really make life what it is. So please, read this blog, and I promise you won’t be disappointed.
