Things That I Miss

(Excluding friends and family of course--I hope that's a given =])

1. MILK!--The milk here is NOTHING like the milk at home which is so so sad for me because I absolutely love drinking milk and will not be able to for 4 and a half months. At home I drink milk with breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, after I work out, when I'm bored, all day, everyday, so it's been really tough not having any--I think my bones are starting to shrivel due to calcium deficiency..So mom, when I get home all I want are like 3 gallons of milk in the fridge okay? thanks!

2. SLEEP--Milk and sleep--probably my two favorite things. I don't think anyone at home would believe me if I told you how well I've been functioning on little to no sleep. The night life is so different here because the bars are open all night long where as at home they only stay open until 2 and then you go home. Here we stay out until at least 3 at least 4 nights a week. It doesn't really help the situation that my days, even when I do have class, are completely stress-free..I know, I know, rough life

3. MY BED--my bed here is probably the most uncomfortable surface I have ever slept on..that includes floors, couches, car seats, with zoe on my head, etc. Probably another reason I don't sleep--I try to spend as little time as possible in that bed! First of all, since Kate and I put our beds on the floor, we don't have box springs. Second, the springs in the mattress poke into just about every part of my body. So, overall, a pretty unpleasant sleeping experience...YUCK


4. MONEY--quickly AND surely my money supply is depleting! It's so hard to have to buy all your food, transportation, etc. all the time when you're not making any money. At home I spent a lot of money on those things too, but I was always babysitting or working and at least making a little income. Here--nothing. I've been thinking about looking for some part time work, just to have a little extra money. Worrying about money is probably the only thing that has stressed me out since I've been here, which is probably good--can't be all fun and games...just mostly :)



5. COOKING/my mom's cooking/baking/kate's baking/etc--It's really hard to think of things to make when you only have one pot, one pan, and a faulty oven. I've wanted to cook so many different dinners for my friends, but realize we just don't have the right stuff to do it and it's not worth buying more things, so we resort to the same dinners all the time. Don't get me wrong, we've eaten some very yummy dinners here, but I definitely miss variety.

6. LUCY JEAN, tige and zoe--while I do not miss having zoe sleep on my head every night, I really do miss those snuggley little guys. Hopefully they miss me too....:)


ps! for all the friends and fam that i OF COURSE miss too, if you want a postcard, send me your address!