If you're the first car stops, you should be the first to start off. Of course you know who's the first reaches the intersection, and they know it too. The vehicles leave by such a order. I never had a problems with that.
Food wise, you will eventually forget about craving for Chinese food. I don't care about it anymore after living in the U.S for 25 years. Actually I don't like it at all. It's hard to prepare and time consuming to make.
Weather wise, move to the Southeast, we have very mild climate. Spring starts in mid February proper.
