I'm Just Sayin'

So, it’s fun to me when I look at my website stats and see that I’ve had visitors from other countries. So today, I would like to address my international visitors directly!

To my American friends–Ah, my faithful ones. I know that some of you are spammers, filling my comment log with posts about things that I can’t repeat. But I know that a few of you are actual readers, people who spend more than 5 seconds perusing my sight, taking the time to comment. Thanks for reading!

To my Canadian friends–I will refrain from posting “eh’s” at the end of every sentence here. Because I know you probably hate that. Just like I hate when people mock me for saying y’all. Whatever. Thanks for visiting! I’ve never been to Canada, but I’d like to some day. Specifically, I want to go to Prince Edward Isle. With my kindred, bosom friend. Because I’m a nerd like that.

To my Japanese friends–Konnichiwa! (Don’t be too impressed, I totally googled that!) Wow, Japan! That’s exciting! I’ve never been to Asia. I did have a friend from college who was from Japan. She used to eat these vinegar soaked bits of nastiness that looked like grapes. And lots of dried fish. But hey, she was super skinny. I was not. So I’m sure she thought my cheeseburger and fries looked just as gross. And she was right.

To my United Kingdom friends–I must say, my only experience in the UK was at Heathrow Airport. But I won’t judge you based on that. I have to admit, I love your British accents, though. And the aforementioned airport was pretty much crawling with handsome blokes. I think I’d like to visit again. Take in the sights. If you know what I mean

To my Indian friends–Ah, another place I’ve never visited but would love to! I actually have two great friends who are from India. They are my TIFs (tiny Indian friends). And the things I’ve learned from them about Indian culture, love for family and curry have been wonderful. So thank you India, for producing lovely people. And yummy food.

To my Philippines friends–I don’t know a lot about the Philippines. But I get to write stories from there, since Compassion has several projects there. It’s interesting to me to see the mix of such beauty, with such poverty.

To my Turkish friends–Okay, to be honest, I know nothing about Turkey. Wikipedia tells me that Turkey “is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and the Balkan region of southeastern Europe.” So in other words, Wikipedia tells me nothing. But then Wikipedia surprises me, telling me that the Turkish national sport is Yağlı güreş–or, oiled wrestling. Ah, my Turkish friends. You never fail to amuse me.

To my Albanian friends–I won’t lie to you. When I say Albanian friends, I know that, in fact, there is one person who reads my blog from Albania. She’s a lovely friend of mine, who is living in Albania with her husband and son. When she told me she was moving to Albania, I had to pull out a globe, because I wasn’t sure exactly where it was (southeastern Europe, in case you were wondering). So, thanks for visiting my blog, Gretch!

and finally…

To my Polish friends–I love that I have a reader from Poland! Poland is actually the first place I visited outside of the United States. I went there on a trip in college. My memories of Poland–cold, gray skies, cold, good soup, cold, wonderful people. Oh, and it was cold. As in, one night, I went to bed with my hair damp, and when I woke up, my pillow was frozen to my head. That cold. So my Polish friend, what’s your secret for not freezing to death? I’m curious.

Well, that was fun! I look forward to more visitors! And if you’re one of my international friends, please leave a comment!