Now I know I live in the States – Thoughts and observations #3
There is one thing I would like to try.
I would like to try and not watch the news for like a week.
Maybe a month.
And see how much it affects my stress level.
Living here in the States surely has elevated my stress color to Orange or Red,
or whatever color signifies “paranoia“.
Every single day,
Somebody gets shot.
Every single day,
There is a major car wreck, causing major traffic.
Every single day,
A child gets abducted.
Every single day,
Another American soldier gets killed.
The weather threatens to disrupt your everyday plans.
Either you’ll die from heat stroke, or blown away by a tornado,
or drown in a hurricane flood, or be evacuated from forest fires.
In Canada, we only have two weather seasons.
Winter and Road Construction.
That’s it!
Either you’ll die from freezing or you’ll die from car repair costs.
Plain and simple.
Also, in Canada, people there use their turn signal lights when they drive.
(some of them had theirs on since 1984)
Here in Florida, no one has ever heard of it yet.
Though it’s a law down here to talk on your cell phone while driving.
You just have to.
What else are you going to do with your other hand?
(well, besides munching on a krispy kreme donut)
Another thing I noticed down here is,
there is a drive-thru for everything.
Drive-thru liquor stores,
Drive-thru tax refund help,
Drive-thru pharmacies.
How lazy can people be?
I hate it sometimes when I go to a department store,
and couldn’t find a parking spot
because someone is too lazy to return the shopping cart they used,
and just left it at the parking space.
Now why should they return it?
The store hired people to return it anyways, right?
Yes, but that’s not the point.
Somehow, someday that shopping cart will roll over and hit your car.
Especially with hurricane winds that plagued the nation,
then cause a scratch or a dent.
But why would you care,
That’s why you had insurance right?
And what is up with the shootings?
While I was watching the local news the other day,
This reporter was reporting,
(well, because that’s what reporters do)
That the local police enforcement had to upgrade their weapons,
To automatic rifles, and tasers.
The reason?
It’s for their own protection.
The criminals nowadays use state of the art modern weapons,
that the police are actually afraid of.
Wow!
I don’t think I can afford a taser,
and I am definitely a supporter of a gunless society,
so it’s a good thing I learned how to run fast,
in case the police is not around when I get mugged.
Okay, okay, enough of this whiny-crybaby rant of the day.
I better start packing.
I got to fly to Pennsylvania for a week for a cousin’s wedding.
Maybe this is my chance not to watch the news for a week.
Maybe this is my chance to lower my stress level.
Wait, June is the official start of the hurricane season.
Flights will be delayed or cancelled.
Damn it!!
I guess I can’t get rid of travel stress.
