Surprises in the States

Things I Thought Would Bother Me About America, But Don’t:

• Driving on the right
• Guns
• Republicans
• The Food
• The Peppiness
• The Accent
• Being asked if I know the Queen. Or Prince William. Or the Beatles.

Things I Didn’t Know Would Bother Me About America, But Do:

• Fraternities & sororities
• 15 year-olds driving SUVs
• Drink-driving
• FedEx
• Walmart Food
• The obsession with getting an ‘A’ in everything
• Spider egg sacs