So I’ve been working at my company for almost 1½ years. Same job, same office, same co-workers. So imagine my surprise when I received the following questions from co-workers yesterday:
Did you spend your summer vacation in Canada?
What a lovely scarf, did you buy that back in the UK?
Haven’t these people figured out where I come from yet? It seems that there are still random, made-up rumors floating around about my background. I estimate that I would find the following results if I were to poll my co-workers on my background:
30% Would tell you that I am from France
30% Would tell you that I am from Canada (29% would say Quebec)
30% Would tell you that I am from England
10% Would tell you that I am from the USA
(Well perhaps I’m exaggerating slightly.)
And in other news…We closed the sale on our house today. We are now homeowners!!! In about 30 minutes I plan to be standing on my very own little part of Sweden.
Did you spend your summer vacation in Canada?
What a lovely scarf, did you buy that back in the UK?
Haven’t these people figured out where I come from yet? It seems that there are still random, made-up rumors floating around about my background. I estimate that I would find the following results if I were to poll my co-workers on my background:
30% Would tell you that I am from France
30% Would tell you that I am from Canada (29% would say Quebec)
30% Would tell you that I am from England
10% Would tell you that I am from the USA
(Well perhaps I’m exaggerating slightly.)
And in other news…We closed the sale on our house today. We are now homeowners!!! In about 30 minutes I plan to be standing on my very own little part of Sweden.
“It's proud I am that I'm Irish, and don't you be forgetting, Missy, that you're half-Irish, too. And, to anyone with a drop of Irish blood in them - why, the land they live on is like their mother. Oh, but there, there. Now, you're just a child. It will come to you, this love of the land. There's no gettin' away from it if you're Irish. “
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