Nothing much has happened since yesterday except a good night's sleep, so this will be a quick update:
Weird, right?
What am I looking forward to? Rain. When you are away from it for a long time you being to miss it. I have seen in rain twice in the past seven months (excluding when I was home in December) and that is not enough! One of those two times was when James first got here and we went for a jog in the rain–it felt great! I am so looking forward to late nights listening to the rain pound my roof while drinking tea, hot chocolate, wine, or something else delicious!
A picture I took of Seneca Lake after staying up for the Perseids (2009)
When I leave I will miss waking up with the sunrise. Everyday the sun is rising as I rise for work–I love it! Getting out of bed in the dark makes me feel even more exhausted than I am, and waking up once the day has started makes me feel lazy. I love that the sun and I have the same schedule in the AM while I am over here :)
Because Creedence Clearwater Revival always puts me in a summer mood:
In my eagerness to return home in 20 days (what?!) I have decided to post a reason every day leading up to the solstice why I am ready to come home and what I will miss. I really hope that I can keep myself focused enough to do this, haha!
I am so ready to come home and get my hands on all the yummy snacks I have missed out on for 11 months! Topping my list are: milk, iced coffee, baked goods of any kind, wild berries, and wine!
Something I will miss is seeing people hang off of taxis and car rapides in every conceivable way. I have seen skateboarders and rollerbladers clutching to the back of cars (very Back to the Future), people hanging onto the grate of a car rapide for dear life, and I witnessed someone sitting on a trunk the other day! People are certainly creative :P
Side note: today I received the "Most Tidy" award from ISD's Elementary Student Council. This is humorous to anyone that has ever lived with me. I guess that I am just good at keeping my messiness hidden :D
