Things I am Not Looking Forward to at Home:
1. Driving - It's been real nice being off the roads. At school, I can manage on my bike, but not at home.
2. Siding - you know like on houses. Even the so-called "suburbs" here have respectable building materials--they even have those wavy tile roofs in the cookie cutter developments. I am dreading the proliferation of siding that dominates any given community in America.
3. Grocery shopping, American style - as in, going once every two weeks and stocking up. (I am, however, looking forward to the availability of stuff.) But I will seriously miss just picking up random ingredients on my bike ride home, so that by the time I'm back to the apartment I have a whole dinner in my bike basket, just waiting to be cooked. I will miss the fruit stands for breakfasts/lunches. I will miss being embarrassed by how many times I go to the health food store for snacks (well, sort of).
4. The Lack of Bike Lanes - Damn they make it easy. I mean, not only do I find helmets unnecessary here, I don't even usually wear my glasses. It will suck having to pay super good attention again while on my bike. Also, the hills... oh Lehigh, why must you be on a mountain...
5. Spelt bread, marzipan vegan pastries, those rum ball things, fancy chocolate... - and a few other random european things (although i'm vowing to learn to make them on my own when i get back).
6. Seeing How Everyone's Different and Their Lives went Smoothly Without Me - that's gonna suck.
7. Finishing Grad School Applications - and then actually turning them in. that will be scary as hell.
8. The Lack of Graveyard - The graveyard is by far my favorite place in Denmark, possibly the world. It is where Kierkegaard is buried, and it is just the best place I can think of. Here is a picture of me with Soren's grave.
Things I am Definitely Looking Forward to at Home:
1. Bulk foods - so i can get nuts, dried fruit, and beans without all those plastic bags!! i am so sick of that here.
2. Spices - I have been "spicing" everything with the only spice in my apartment because I wasn't going to buy spices just for a few months here. I don't even know what the spice is, I think it's oregano.
3. A BED - my situation here is like so: i sleep on cushions on a hardwood floor. there are two cushions, attached by a piece of fabric, and also attached to some plywood (onto which they fold to form a love seat during the day). the cushions are each about 2.5 feet by 4 feet. so my sleeping area is 5 feet by 4 feet, and i sleep with my head on the plywood. Suffice it to say, my back is freaking killing me and I am so so so looking forward to any and all beds in my vicinity at home.
4. Bath tubs - ahhhh to take a bath again...
5. My Family and Friends - I always used to say "i'm good at making friends" but this is apparently not true. I spend a vast amount of time alone, which is fine, but it will be nice to be around loved ones again.
6. Loose Tea!! - I'm so done with these bags!
7. SUBWOOFER - no other explanation necessary.
8. MY GUITAR AND PIANO OH GOD - I am going to hug them possibly before my cat even. i miss them so much. although, also:
9. MY CAT. - oh, noodles.
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On the topic of biking around Lehigh: Actually its awesome. The new parking garage has an elevator, and you can exit on the top floor. So thats like 6 stories of free elevation. So getting to Rathbone from Green House is not that big a deal.
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