USA Evaluation 231.8

USA

Likes: The food!! Dairy Queen ice cream, The Russells, having the freedom of a car, the national parks, being familiar with everything, cleanliness (no risk of food poisoning here), My old bedroom, the snow, half pound cookies, driving, 24hour all you can eat passes in Las Vegas, looking for celebs houses in Hollywood hills,

Dislikes: the responsibility of a car (did it have a good time?), Dennys restaurants, being cold all the time in California, going to the closed Jelly Belly Jelly Bean factory, the sat nav taking 5 minutes to boot up at inopportune times, gaining a belly,

Sunrises passed: 21

Places visited: Miami, Key West, St. Cloud, LA, San Francisco, Yosemite, Las Vegas, Death Valley, Joshua Tree.

Number of times i wanted to come home: 0. (Xss 2 - both at Christmas missing his family)

Favourite hostel: Best western in Key West. The ultimate in Luxury

Snow Angels made: 2

Number of minutes it took me to convince Xss to make a snow angel: 17 cold ones

Number of times my nose was a red as Rudolph due to the weather: 22

Number of times we played in the snow: 0 opps.

Favourite memory: Going to the Cinema with everyone on Christmas day, good family fun. Thanks for coming Tim (it took some convincing).

Worst day: All the days were so good, so driving to San Fransisco from LA was the worst as we drove the most.

Favourite new food or drink: Prime Rib (no bones involved here)

Best/worst smell: My old shoes, mould combined with old sweat and rainwater, the smell could fill up a room in 30 seconds!

Best/worst noise: The silence in the national parks, not a sound. Beautiful

Best Norwich City Victory: Beating QPR to get into 3rd spot in the championship.

Weirdest country fact: It is near impossible to buy matching underwear in America! Do they not like to match??? What would the ambulance men think..........

New thing learnt: There are rural communities all over America, even in California. You can live 3 hours from LA and live in the middle of nowhere. This made me realise I love small towns, and being isolated. Perhaps because i feel that i can do less; i like to be so involved in where i live that i still have so much i want to do and not enough time. If i lived somewhere without these options perhaps i would be less stressed and busy cramming stuff in. In London there are still numerous night courses i want to take (Dress making, photography, dance, creative writing), along with all the people i want to be better friends with (Mel, Alison, Leo, Danica, Junior etc), and kids i want to help. Not to mention wanting to start up several social enterprise projects, like a old clothes swap bag, gospel choir, and graffiti project. On top of maintaining my marriage, existing friendships, work, youth groups, kickboxing and church. I feel sometimes that i am letting myself down by not doing all these new things, but life keeps getting in the way, and the bathroom isn't self cleaning. Its nice to be taking this time off, but how can i limit these things in the future, or should i really be limiting them at all?

Country Score: 231.8