Differences

So, neither here nor there, nor right or wrong but I have been taking note of the little differences between life in Oregon and life back in Cali.  Interesting. 

There I have no bathroom of my own.  I keep my towel in my room and all my hair stuff, selah's hair stuff, face wash etc, in my room.  I use one towel over and over for a week.  Here I can have towel hung in bathroom for the next time.  I have all my hair and her hair stuff right by the mirror and sink.  I see different towels laying around only used once.

There I have one bowl for each of us, one fork for us, one knife, one plate and one spoon.  One coffee cup, one glass and one kids cup.  I use them over and over.  I wash them immediately and do not leave them by the sink because they will be viewed as common property and disappear.  Here, I was chastised for finding my one cup since it was in the room someone was using.  There are glasses all over, silverware in every room and a dishwasher that washes it all.

There we share a laundry room with one washer with at least 4 families.  If I do not gather my laundry right when it is done, I risk having it piled wet on top of the dryer.  Here, people leave loads in the washer and dryer for days even.  It doesn't get hung or done because it doesn't have to. 

There, I hardly have time to workout at the gym but even when I do, there is one Turbo Kick class a week and only one 24hr in my city and only 2 Zumba classes.  Here, there is classes all hours of the day of both kinds and many more.  You can chose from 7 different locations within a 10 mile radius, all days of the week, all hours.

There, I do not have cable or basic television (which isn't new, been without for almost 4 years).  There, people talk about how to get water to people who have none and certainly no television.  There, they talk about how to help our neighbor and the world.   Here my family watches shows all day and all night, the tv is on all the time.  People have commentaries about the housewives from coto de caza, with women with fake lips, fake breasts, created drama.  The women I work out with at the gym speak of their t.v. shoes whilst also having botox on their foreheads and lips.  Here, we talk about the latest show, the gas prices going up, the woes of not having a nordstrom close by. 

Two different cultures, within the same country.  Interesting