10 things I like about living in the US

1. Fireworks (my friends were making fun of me for sitting down, reading (a very interesting article about vikings) while all the patriotic music played first, but I loved the fireworks. I've still never seen the cool smiley faces or hearts at home and they had new (for me) boxes and stars this year as well as all kinds of shimmery, colour-changing ones)

2. Ice cream (Baskin Robins and Cold Rock are the peak of ice cream variety at home. The first time I visited the States, my friends and I were enthralled by the range of Ben and Jerry's in the supermarket, but now even that seems fairly boring compared to some of the other shops around here)

I'd only thought of these first 2 when I was thinking of posting before so the rest will probably take me a while...

3. subways (yay for not having to wait half an hour between trains (usually...))

4. skiing (not that there isn't anywhere you can ski at home, it's just a lot further away)

5. shopping online (it's nice to be in the default country for a change)

6. (relatively) cheap electronic things (I think I'm going to get the same cool camera profgrrl just got)

7. more things to see and do (that might just be a big city thing, though)

8. my accent is considered cool (it's not especially strong, though, I'm occasionally tempted to broaden it just to ensure I don't start unconsciously adopting an american one)

9. finding free things on the side of the road (I just got a few interesting books)

10. the overwhelming joy of seeing colour again for the first time in spring (I'd never appreciated grass before)