4 weeks til America. Time is going by slowly and quickly at the same time. Quickly b/c there are a lot of things we want/need to do before we go... slowly b/c we can't wait to get there.
i will write some blogs about the joys and adventures of living in Asia, but for now, let me talk about America...
A few weeks ago i asked Soo what she would do if we had one day in America
She said she would go to the Grand Lux, the jamba juice... starbucks for a QT, go shopping, Chipotle... Peruvian food, and maybe a movie...
She included 3 big meals + breakfast and another drink... i think she may have als mentioned dessert at crumbs or at the farmer's market.
She didn't talk about seeing her family or visiting friends...
Usually, when i think of going home it is all about friends... but i can understand her sentiment. The longer i live in Asia the more i miss American culture and food.
We are getting more settled in this place too. Things have normalized. But maybe the fascination of it has worn off too.
When i went home last fall for Ken's wedding, it was the first time i had been in the states in the fall in 5 years! i was actually more excited about watching football than Ken's wedding!
We can watch a lot of tv shows here, especially as the internet speeds get faster and the additions of hulu and youtube, but we still can't watch sports. i have a bunch of old tv shows on dvd ( 8/9 seasons of seinfeld, 1st 6 of scrubs, all of simpsons and friends and Arrested Development, 1st 4 of that 70's show, 1st 3 of Cosby & wings, 1st 2 of King of queens & Mad about you, 1st 3 of entourage & Lost) So we're doing well, but i miss syndication...
i can cook a lil bit now and make food more and more often(using Asian grammar). There are more western restaurants... but i still miss going out, and i still miss the variety of food.
So, when we think of America, we do think of friends- how much easier it will e to call them, and how much easier it will be to see them. We're living a couple miles away from some of our good friends. We'll be living a 1/2 hr west of one of my best friends and a 1/2 hour north of another, and about an hour from abunch of them. So, i can't wait!
But so much more we're looking forward to.
We're going back to the states to have a baby, but i think we more often think about living in the US.
(in no particular order)
1. weekly tv shows with friends
2. weekly Bible study
3. church- seeing people, worshipping, good message
4. meeting new people at church or thru other friends
5. hopefully a weekly lunch with Mark... and maybe also with marc
6. trips to Indy to see friends 2/mo
7. watching whatever is on tv
8. college football
9. college basketball-esp my Boilermakers!
10. listening to music on te radio... in the car
11. Barnes & Noble or Borders... reading books
12. At Panera having a QT
13. ordering a pizza
14. fast internet connections
15. playing basketball
Soo has been craving BBQ lately... so some baby back ribs sound great!
Mediteranean food sounds good... mm cold skim milk! oh yeah! DQ... sweet breakfast foods... cold mike's hard lemonade (i've only drank this like 3 times in my life, but i crave it)... speaking of craving: white castle...freckled lemonades and all you can eat fries from Red Robin...In N out... fast food of any sort... a hot pizza for CPK...
Oh, we miss America!
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