Ironic

As I was making cookies this morning, I got to thinking about the differences between cookie making in Oregon and cooking making in Macas, which led to the lovely rabbit trail of ironies in my life.
~I live where chocolate is grown, but yet the only chocolate I can find is either as processed as the most fake stuff in the States or homemade and really bitter.  And the only way people make chocolate here is either the powder for hot chocolate or chocolate bars.  Living in a chocolate producing country does not mean more chocolate chips!
~I, who loves to have the windows open whenever it's above 45 or 50 degrees, now lives where the temperature would seem to indicate that I could have the windows open year round, all day long, but yet I rarely open them.  Of course, this probably has more to do with not letting bugs and dust in, but still, it seems strange.
~I love to go barefoot everywhere, I've been known to wander around in my parents field barefoot (although only the mowed parts, I have no desire to meet a snake, even nonpoisenous, or a stickerbush barefoot), but here, where it's much warmer and people traditionally went barefoot, I wear shoes.  It might have something to do with the dust and bugs, but who knows. :)
~Here, in a place with no fast food, aside from street stands, I probably eat more "fast food" than I did in Oregon.  Well, most of that is food I make, but it's still not meals like I used to make.
~Seattle's about 4-5 hours from Salem and I've only been there probably 4 or 5 times in my life, because it's so far away, but yet, I think nothing of taking the bus 8-12 hours from Macas for a weekend, to visit friends.
~Friends and students don't quite know what to do with me, because for the most part, they know more about US pop culture (movies, music, etc) than I do!  Of course, that happened in the States, too, but it's even funnier here.
~I feel like I speak more English in Macas, than I did in Salem.  I've still learned more Spanish and become more fluent, because the Spanish I speak here is with a wider variety of people, but still, it's less than in Salem (or so it seems).
~I think I have more friends my age in Ecuador, than I do in Salem.  Of course, I have "a few" more family members in Oregon!  And friends of other ages, too. :)
~In high school I used to wear shorts (granted with a sweatshirt) once the thermometer hit 60.  Now, I'm shivering in jeans and a coat if it even gets close to 70 or less.  Next year will be interesting!
~This weekend in Carnaval, Ecuador's version of Mardi Gras, so we have a 4 day weekend.  Instead of going and hanging out with friends, I'm staying at home, making cookies, cleaning and looking for materials for class online.  What happened to being lazy on vacation?!
~It's easier  to find the ingredients to bake healthy food in the States, even though most things here are made from scratch.  Almost nothing is made with whole wheat or real butter, it's all white flour and margarine.  I guess, though, I could change the way I eat and eat a lot of meat, since that's fresh and plentiful here and soups, etc are all made with totally natural ingredients. :)

I'm sure there's more, but these are the things that stuck out to me. :)  (I seriously need to do stuff where I can take pictures, I'm slacking for sure on that!)