Well, it's ABOUT time! I am officially homesick tonight. H-O-M-E-S-I-C-K. I will preface my list of all the things I miss so much with this: I adore my husband - love him with everything I am and I am so happy we live here together in Holland. LOVE him to pieces! I think the thing I miss the most is a little bit of me. I liked that girl and need to find her a little bit again. I miss:
- Walking on the beach in California by my mom's old house
- Grasshopper martinis in La Jolla with my husband at the beach bar
- Working for a KILLER team at an outstanding company (Fidelity, I miss you so much!)
- Laughing so hard with my girls that we cough like 20-year chain smokers
- Fresh Dunkin' Donuts decaf with 2 sugars and milk
- Red Sox baseball games, caps, and jerseys
- Houston's and Red Robin Cheeseburgers
- Weekly US Magazines
- My gorgeous BMW X5 with the heated steering wheel
- Alfred, my hairstylist (oh, I miss my reddish brown hair and sassy cuts)
- Diversity Leadership Weekends with my Fidelity team
- Pretty, inexpensive home accessory stores with friendly staff
- Target
- Nobody laughing at my big white tennis shoes
- Walking and running at Greenlake
- Really smart people I work with
- Traveling for work and getting reimbursed for it
- Endless supply of English language books
- Kitten and spiky heels
- Padded push-up bras
- Pike Place Market
- Fresh crab, lobster, and shrimp
- The smell of the Northwest
- Daytrips to Bainbridge Island, Vancouver, and Leavenworth
- Hiking Snow Lake
- Rajin' Cajin Sandwich at the Other Coast Cafe in Ballard (Seattle)
- Fred Myers (oh, I love you so much Freddy's!!)
- Pedicures at Lauren's on Newbury Street
- My mom and my brother
- Visiting Aunt Kerry at the farm in Bend, Oregon
- Riding my bike at Sunriver in Oregon
- The entrance to Yellowstone in Montana
- Driving cross-country on the I-90
- Ogunquit, Maine
- The Scoop Deck
- Nantucket and the Cape
- Grabbing Thai in Queen Anne
- Teaching at the university
- University Village in Seattle
- Showing my hubby where I'm from and that American girl he loves
Okay, I know there's so much more (I didn't have pics of all the people I love and miss!). But that should do it for tonight. I'm going to go to bed now. I miss you, America. I miss you, Seattle, California, New England. I miss you, girls. :)
Sounds like you need a care package stat! What lovely American-ish items (books, cookies, chocolate, bad magazines DD's coffee (???) would you like and I'll send one along. I'm about to have time on my hands!!
ReplyDeleteBoo I miss all that too - even the stuff I know nothing about and have never seen - you made me miss it! I have been having a rough week here in Nashvegas too friend - missing the girls so bad it hurts! I'm going to go cry now for us. (yes I made your homesick post about me -it's a special talent)
ReplyDeleteSeriously - hang in, save up the cash, come for a visit, love on J, go to your happy place, look at pictures etc.
xo