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I've been working on this post during our last week in Paris. Now that it's the night before we leave, I feel it's appropriate to share!

Things I'm looking forward to at home (in no particular order):

1. Getting in my car and driving it whenever and wherever my heart desires (although I'm quite certain it is going to feel like driving a tank at first) with my air conditioning and music as high as I please (and no weird smells besides the occasional skunk as I travel).

2. Seeing my family, friends, and boyfriend - I've especially missed these sweet faces (photo taken two days before we left)


3. One word/acronym: DVR

4. Wireless Internet wherever I want/need it (or 3G) and a fully operating phone

5. Heather Lou's wedding and Brittany's wedding the first two weekends I'm back with the chance to see old friends

6. Scrambled eggs from home, biscuits and jelly, grilled cheese, Mexican food, chick-fil-a, wheat bread, water that I know will taste normal and is abundant, you see what I mean here...

7. Free, mostly clean bathrooms at pretty much every turn and my own bathroom

8. MY OWN BED AND MY FAN (and only the crickets to be heard outside my window if for some reason the fan doesn't drown out all other noise). This actually might be number one.

9. Southern hospitality and English as the primary language (especially spoken with a southern accent)

10. Income - instead of just spending :)


Things I'll miss about Pais/Europe

1. Pastries, tarts, awesome muffins, gelato, good sauces, and the BEST tomatoes at every corner

2. Not filling my car up every four days with gas and being able to walk to something if I want it

3. This weather

4. Sleeping with the windows open (well, at least when it's quiet outside)

5. Reading for pleasure - I've read/re-read a little more than five books (I'm in the middle of one and just read half of another) while I've been here. Which is pretty good considering we don't have a ton of down time.

6. Having no set schedule, no real responsibility, and no alarm unless I want one

7. English accents, phrases, enthusiasm, and politeness (The other day at M&S the cashier forgot to give a woman her tiny cookie with her tea. To make up for it, she gave her a cookie and a half - to which the woman replied "By God, you ARE a treasure." As if the half extra tiny cookie was the best thing ever. The cashier proceeded to give Mom and I each a free cookie to try - a treasure indeed.)

8. Free, abundant exercise that doesn't feel like exercise until your feet and legs feel like they might fall off

9. Having something that's actually interesting to blog about every day

10. Incredible history, architecture, and beautiful sights and experiences Every. Single. Day. Even if it's not all good or goes the way we plan, there's something cool/new every day and something we haven't done left to explore.

Overall, we've had a great time and had awesome opportunities, and we'll have great memories (and thousands of pictures) to last a lifetime. We are so blessed to have been able to experience everything that we have! It will be bittersweet to head home, but there's truly no place like it... Until I'm ready for another vacation :) at least I can continue to catch up the blogging from our last week!



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