My List of Pros and Cons

First, let me explain myself.  I haven't been posting in here regularly.  Duh.  The reason behind this is LMT told me they were updating the site and to hold off on posting until it was updated.  I waited.  Nothing happened.  So I've decided that I'm going to post anyway, and to make up for my serious lack of updates, I'm going to try to post at least once a week.  Does that make you happy?  Anyone even read this anymore?  Doubt it.

I recently went on a trip back to my homeland---Alabama.  On this trip I was not only able to visit where I once lived in Alabama, but we also visited where I once lived in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. So these places, along with my home now in Laredo, have been on my mind, and I thought I'd compile a little list of Pros and Cons of all of these places.  Just for funsies.

Florence, Alabama: 

Pros 

• Trees!  Green!  Hills!
• My family
• Good southern cookin'
• Southern accents
• 4 complete seasons - Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
• Familiarity
• Woods
• No Border Patrol watching my every move

Cons

• Rednecks in abundance
• Crazy weather - freezing temperatures one day, then warm and sunny the next, and raining in the afternoon
• Over-the-top new immigration laws
• More rednecks
• I see too many people I know at Walmart
• Obnoxious Alabama Fans

Baton Rouge, Louisiana:

Pros

• Live Oak Trees
• Green, Green, Green!
• Cajun Food
• King Cake!!
• Cute cajun accents
• So much to do in the city
• Moderate temperatures

Cons

• TRAFFIC!!
• Huge scary bugs
• LSU Fans
• Rain pretty much every day
• Humidity!
• Rednecks

Laredo, Texas:

Pros

• The winters are amazing!
• The wind!  It feels so nice!
• HEB
• Every restaurant has a play area for my kids, so I can eat in peace
• Two hours from Sea World, Six Flags, the Zoo, etc., in San Antonio
• Two hours from the BEACH!
• A Dollar theater
• Sunny Days pretty much every day

Cons

• I don't speak Spanish, so I can't communicate all the time
• The scary stuff happening just across the river
• Border Patrol watching my every move
• Freakin' HOT!
• Desert landscape (ie: no big pretty trees)

What I've realized pretty much is that Laredo isn't as bad as I make myself think sometimes.  All the places we've lived so far have come with good and bad, and Laredo's like that, too.  Oh, and honestly, after listening to pop stations back in Alabama, I think that I prefer the Spanish music played here.  I was glad to get back down here and listen to my favorite Mexico station. (Ciento dos punto tres! Said in my best [ie: worst] Spanish accent.)  I do miss living in those other places, and I would love to live there again, but for now Laredo's home, and I'll take the good with the bad. 

Especially if the good is 70 degree temperatures in the "winter."  :)