Home!

I love the feeling when I come home. I love seeing my dog and discussing movies and sports with my dad while my step mom and I roll our eyes at my dad behind his back ;) I love talking to my mom for hours on end as we run errands and make dinner etc… I love coming home and seeing my bed or desk piled high with mail (Thank you so much Cheryl, Steve, Rick and Nancy!!!) Even the junk mail brings me so much joy! Man I am a nerd I know but snail mail is one of the most exciting things ever! Who knew I was so special and qualified for 15 different credit cards!! Ha ha…

Some other things I missed:

1) Toilet seat covers!!- I know that toilet seat covers are probably single handedly killing the environment with pollution but sometimes I am just too lazy to squat in a public restroom and toilet seat covers are, lets face it, a G-d send. Unfortunately, they are quite sparse in a great deal of the world but Americans with their uber intense concern about hygiene have put them everywhere. For once I say with pride… G-d Bless America…

2) Driving- I love to drive and I do not have the chance in Australia… nuff said--- interesting experience today when I drove again for the first time. I definitely had some trouble going to the correct side of the car/ thinking about which side of the road I should be on. Just some momentary puzzledness… imagine what would have happened if I had actually drove in Australia!

Things that I never appreciated before:

1) American electrical plugs- yes I know this one is kind of lame because of course my American appliances would work so much better here yata yata but it is AMAZING to plug stuff in without an adapter! I know it is a lightweight piece of plastic and metal but man that thing can be a hassle. I forget it and then my computer dies and I can’t turn assignments in and I have to say that “my computer died because of an adapter issue” which is probably the new age version of “my dog ate my homework.”

2) I CAN SPEAK AS LOUD AS I WANT!! – I did sort of realize that I don’t talk as much in stores as I normally do because I am nervous about people hearing my accent but this realization hit me flat in the face when I went into Trader Joes with my dad yesterday. I kept looking around to see if people were looking at me strangely for speaking and I don’t feel embarrassed or out of place! It is a pretty awesome feeling although now I am just one of the crowd again… blending into the background; and for now I am happy to do that. Blend into the background and enjoy my friends and family at home, with chocolate sorbet and cheerios of course ;)