Moving to America is all I ever wanted. Everyone told you it is the Land of the Free and everyone is Welcome! Well.... Now here I am.... With my husband and children.... and it is NOTHING like I thought it would be... Not the Country bu the actual moving here....
When I wanted to move here I was in limbo with my life, single with a baby.... Living with my parents and not wanting to move to South Africa but not wanting to go back to Ireland either.... BUT then I met the ONE.... A wonderful man who not only loved me, but loved my little boy too. He had two girls from a previous marriage and I feel in love with them as well as the man of my dreams.
We got married... Sealed for all eternity.... loving being back in the country I was born in.. ......soooooo naturally with everything falling into place, life throws you a curve ball and you end up in America. How did that happen???
America is very strange... It's not a bad strange ... just a different strange....
They do EVERYTHING different to the rest of the world and you just can't compare it to anything you know... which is weird and you feel like your on a different plant. That and you struggle to understand people and they struggle to understand you. People look at you weird when you say " I'm from South Africa" and then you hear the famous 5 words "So why ain't you black?" or the second famous words, "Have you seen a monkey?"
With the move I lost part of my sanity..... My little boy was happy going to school having friends, My two year old being pampered with attention not only by me but from the maid who adored her, and Gingie (her granny), when she was there. I didn't have to do ironing or cleaning, because my maid was there, so I could study for college and do the weekly shopping, and on top that my husband and I could go on dates while the grandparents watched the kids..............
Now Little man has to wait until September for school which is driving him crazy (along with everyone else in the house), my little girl has to now share attention with not only her brother but now a new little sister.... I don't have a maid... I'm know the maid :( ...... and no dates, because there is no grandparents... I can't even get a babysitter because my 7mnth old freaks out with strangers.
I just can't wait for us to settle down properly and get into a routine, my little boy can be in school and we find this place home and not outer space.
So enough with the downer mood and on to looking to the future, to new beginnings and new places to explore. New people to get to know, and different cultures to learn. Today we went to the Circus and it was the first time we stood up for the American Anthem... It was one of many firsts!
Hello America, please be patient with me.... I will learn your ways, drive on the wrong side of the road, learn Ferenheight, and feet..... eventually!!!
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