Well, since I'm apparently going to be stuck in Minnesota for the rest of my life due to a volcano in Iceland (I just can't believe how completely absurd that sounds), I've started to compile a list of advantages that Minnesota has over Switzerland. I suppose there are worse places to be stuck than Minnesota in April (for example, Minnesota in November, December, January, February, March, July or August.)
Here are some of the good things:
1. Minnesotans speak a dialect of English that most Americans can understand with only a little difficulty.
2. I don't have to worry about walking to work or to the grocery store anymore.
3. I can sit outside and watch Jed mow my lawn all summer.
4. I don't need to worry about having any more of those "babies don't come from storks" talks with Tanner.
5. I don't have to spend my days staring at those hideous Alps.
6. A large hot chocolate at Starbuck's doesn't cost eight dollars.
7. When someone tells me the temperature, I don't have to make a futile attempt to convert the number to Fahrenheit in my head, which usually just ends up in me giving up.
8. It's fun to walk around the Mall of America trying to guess which kids have health insurance and which kids have lost it due to parents' job layoffs, preexisting health conditions, actually becoming sick, and that sort of thing.
9. They have baseball games here.
10. If I get busted for going 120 mph in a 70 zone, I find out about it right away rather than getting a ticket in the mail three weeks later.
2 comments:
All of a sudden, Minnesota doesn't look so bad after all!
Must be tough, glad you've got your priorities straight. Besides, the view from your deck in Minnesota is so much better than the view from your terrace in Zug! I don't know how you can stand to get up every day and look at the charming little town, and the gorgeous lake and the incredible mountains. You are a real trooper to be able to do that day after day!
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