Sometime’s you don’t realize how fast time can just fly by. This time last year I was just getting to know Sean but I was still mourning over the death of Joe at the same time. Two days from now my father will be celebrating his 59th birthday and 5 days from now my sister will finally be turning 21. Where exactly did the time go? I’ve been living in Delaware for almost 6 months now and it doesn’t even feel as though it’s been that long. It’s been 6 months since I’ve slept in my own bed, it’s just a strange feeling when you begin to look back on things.

A friend of mine believes that the only reason my schedule is so messed up is based on the fact that I’m home sick. I was born and raised in New York and now I’m living in a state where everything is basically backwards to me. Hell, the owls talk to each other during the DAY! They’re supposed to be nocturnal! No one wants to accept a tip for anything they do for you and coming from New York you’d expect to tip someone based on their services. Naturally the UPS guy (unless he’s delivering a huge box to your front door) isn’t going to accept one but down here if you even tip a waitress more than a dollar she freaks out and asks if you’re absolutely sure about it. I’m used to 20%, so I divide any check by 5 and get the tip amount, there shouldn’t be anything wrong with that - some down here will completely disagree.

So no, I can’t say I’m going through New York withdrawal, I’m just having an issue with Delaware adjustment. I admit that for the first couple of nights I was unable to sleep down here because of the fact that I’m so used to excess street noise and now I’m sitting in the middle of hear-a-pin-drop farm life. The tourists coming into the area, while they are annoying during the day, the extra cars on the road at night are helping me to sleep better. In the beginning I wouldn’t crash until about 9am but this was based on the fact that they were building a house next door and all of the machines going off put me back to my comfort zone of New York and helped me fall asleep. Once they were finished with their construction, however, I was kind of left at a stand still. Now it doesn’t matter if it’s noisy or quite if I’m tired, I crash. I just wish I could get it done earlier in the morning than I do now. Midnight should be my limit - not 6am for crying out loud! :ugh: