Last week, the temperature went from 85 degrees to 29 degrees in 48 hours. Other fun TX vs. CA observations:
Texas does NOT have:
In and Out Burger
See's Candies
In my 32 years of living in CA, I never had or saw a Chick-Fil-A or Sonic.
Road-kill is abundant in TX. Among the many, I recall millions of squirrels, two armadillos, rabbits, and vultures eating all of the above. I myself have contributed a road-kill rabbit (right at Easter time) and a squirrel.
A story for my CA fans:
My TX girlfriends and I were hanging out and eating delicious cookies. Someone asked the cook how she got her cookies so fluffy. She replied, "It's a special kind of sugar. You can't just buy the regular stuff." We were all very intrigued and asked her the name of the magic sugar. "It's called C&H."
I laughed, thinking it was a joke. "See an H?" someone asked.
"No," she answered. "C&H. You get it at Albertson's."
I was busting up and said, "Seriously? No one's heard of C&H sugar?" I even began singing the theme song, "C&H Pure Cane Sugar, pure and sweet, from Hawaii. . . ."
Then they started teasing ME, "Ooooohhhh, I'm from California! I've heard of C&H sugar!"
It was great.
Phrases I never heard before TX:
Fixin' tah: "I'm fixin' tah go to the store."
Might could: "I might could pick you up some milk."
"Don't Mess With Texas" is just our anti-litter campaign.
Texans are much nicer than Californians and I'm still suspicious when people are overly friendly to me.
Thanks for listening, all y'all. I'm fixin' tah turn in but I might could write more later.
