1 . Find an acceptance for bland food . All of those spices that you are used to don ' t exist here , apparently . 2 . Buy a snow shovel and an ice scraper . If your job expects you to be there on time , wake up at 5 am to start shoveling . 3 . Learn to deal with people that end sentences with a preposition like , Do you want to come with ? . Yes , it ' s like nails on a chalkboard but you ' ll learn to suppress the cringe . 4 . In a similar vein , learn to accept the word pop to describe something that people drink . I ' m eight years in and I still struggle with these issues . Where are you from ? I grew up in League City , southeast of Houston , moved to College Station TAMU , Whoop ! and eventually San Antonio before ending up here . Ummm . Is it too late to change your mind ?