Re-entry

Well, that was a lovely week lost in the bowels of jetlag, illness and trashy American TV.

For the record, I think the jetlag was worse for the first four days.  If L hadn’t been a total manic who refused to sleep past 4:30am for many, many days, I think I would have recovered much faster.  Well, that and if I had not come down with a Man Cold two days after we got home.  After hacking up more lungs than I actually own, I am finally on the mend.

But most pressing of all, do you know how many episodes of Big Love, Teen Mom 2 and the entire Bravo trash-tv lineup I missed in two months? Yeah, it was a LOT. I have a LOT of work to do catching up.

Then today, Mr. A got the cable people to come and replace our broken Tivo (sob! I miss you TIVO!) with a new HD T-Faux which makes me feel like I am on drugs when I watch it.  Why is HD clearer than regular eyes see regular real-life things?

As soon as I get caught up on all my TV shows, I am sure life will go back to normal.  Right?

culture shocking

You know what is a great way to jump start some serious reverse culture shock?

Going to an American grocery store.

Why is it as big as a football field?  Why is there an entire row of soda?   Why is there another whole row of WATER?  It is WATER for crying out loud.

I needed a box of saltines because I am going to make chili, but why is the box so incredibly HUGE?  I just need one tube of crackers.  Why am I forced to buy a lifetime supply?

Why is there 14 brands of yogurts that are all not really yogurt but whipped dairy sugar fluff?  Why do apples from Washington state cost three times more here than the same Washington state apples cost in Hong Kong?

How can we possibly support an industry that supplies us with  200 kinds of potato and tortilla chips?  And why are the bags bigger than my car?

Why did I buy six bags of groceries but come home with like 18 plastic bags due to double and triple bagging?

I am going to go hide in my bed and wait to wake up in Hong Kong again.