Nostalgia Time!

As I get ready to leave PG, here is a list I actually started on the last week of January when I was homesick and have been tweaking ever since:

Things I Miss about Seattle:
1. Josh Lee (read: old friends, seriously I miss you people like crazy)
2. High speed internet (read: youtube)
3. Microbrews!!!! (I would kill for a Black Butte Porter)
4. Hot showers
5. Tofu (read: Pho)
6. Scarves (read: Sunny and cold weather [Carrie Pillers knows!])
7. The Stranger
8. Not being thought of as a “rich American”
9. Not having ankles covered in bug bites
10. Not wondering if the bug bite I just got is malarious and thinking ‘I guess I’ll just have to find out in two weeks!’
11. Not finding gecko crap everywhere (thanks, Oscar)
12. Coffee that is not instant
13. Paseo & Honeyhole sandwiches
14. Recycling
15. Organic things and fresh vegetables (a salad that isn’t merely just an eighth of a head of iceburg lettuce would be nice)

Things I’ll Miss about Belize:
1. Not being overwhelmed by the pace of anything
2. Looking out at the hills on the horizon and seriously wondering where Belize ends and Guatemala begins
3. Seeing white people I don’t know and wondering what the hell they are doing
4. The unadulterated taste of ginger
5. Drums. Everywhere.
6. Not having to care about recycling (I’m a terrible person!)
7. My nails being orange for a couple days after eating caldo (last night it was armadillo)
8. Fried plantains (holy damn, I can’t stop eating them!)
9. Power outages (I’m actually being serious, they just seem to add a little unexpected excitement to the day)
10. Seeing the European Union flag somewhat disconcertingly often
11. Every other house in the neighborhood anxiously awaiting the weekend to blare music loud enough for the entire block to hear (country, reggaeton, Akon, Cindy Lauper, and of course Punta Rock).
12. Watermelon juice
13. Alright, my students