It took awhile, but I got used to the heat. The humidity never bothered me. And I discovered that I really liked tamales. I knew Phoenix was going to be different. I knew that and I accepted it.

This place is so different from my small rural town. There are an awful lot of people here. That Supercenter is bigger than the town I used to live in and probably has more people in it. There is a strip mall on each and every corner here. I used to drive 50 miles to see a movie. Now there are probably 100 screens within a ten-minute drive.

I saw a coyote crossing the street in Northern Phoenix.

A friend recently told me that when it is a big change you hardly notice. It is true at the beginning, but then all of a sudden you do.