You Know You Are From Indiana When...

I guess blogs are an opportunity to share what one is personally thinking, feeling, or experiencing. What I have been thinking about lately isn't very deep, but it always happens to me at this time of the year: "When is winter going to end and nice weather show up here in Indiana?"

Part of my problem is that I grew up in Southern California (note that anyone from So Cal capitalizes both the S and the C even though it is not grammatically correct because we would have no problem seceding from the rest of the state) and nice weather was always a given. I never had a day of school cancelled --even during the ten years I was teaching...

But now we live in Indiana. Not that it is a bad place or anything. In fact, it is home. But it is SO different than where and how we grew up that when my daughter forwarded me these comments about living in Indiana, I had to laugh out loud (or is that "lol"? I'm still learning...) So any Hoosiers, don't be upset with me, just enjoy the fact that we are different than many folks. And I am now a proud resident of Indiana even with our state's idiosyncrasies.
But--
You Know You're From Indiana When...

1.You drive for three hours and the scenery outside doesn't change.
2.There's three feet of snow on the ground and school is still in session.
3.You only go to the mall once a year 'cause it takes too long to get there.
4.While driving all you see is corn.
5.Anyone with a tan is rich.
6.A restaurant has an invisible wall in the non-smoking section and you believe it works.
7.Speeding consists of 2 miles over the speed limit.
8.You're proud to be called a Hoosier, even if you don't know what one is.
9.You have no problem spelling or pronouncing "Terre Haute"
10.Detassling was your first job. Bailing hay, your second.
11.You can stack hay, swim in the pond to clean off, and then have the strength to play a couple of games of hoops all in the same day.
12.You live in a city ... and there's a cornfield in your backyard.
13. the high school basketball game draws a bigger crowd than the movie theater.
14.You can see at least 2 basketball hoops from your front door.
15.The biggest question of your youth was "IU or Purdue?"
16.Indianapolis is the "big city".
17."Getting caught by a train" is a legitimate excuse for being late to school.
18.Everyone knows who the town cop is, where he lives, and whether he is at home or on duty.
19.You know what FFA and 4H stand for. .
20.There's actually a college near you named "Ball State."
21.You think the state Bird is Larry.
22. You drive down a back road and road kill is ALL OVER the road, and it doesn't phase you.
23.Your neighbors are Amish, and it's not big deal.
24. You often switch from heat to AC in the same day and back again.
25. You know several people who have hit a deer more than once
26. You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching
27. You see people wearing camouflage at social events (including weddings)
28. You find 0 degrees "a little chilly."
29. You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it no matter what time of year.
30. You drink "pop".
31. You know what "cow tipping" is.
32. You deny the Colts were ever in Baltimore.
33. You hang out on a three foot hill in the center of town

So really, I'm wondering, "When is the nice weather going to come??"