"boy, i sure feel like a mary without a peter and paul"--tobias funke

i need to get a few things off my chest:

things i will miss about abroad:
--seeing cool places/doing cool things
--the 7 people i like on my program...the rest are literally freaks and i don't care who reads this at this point
--being legitimately on my own...but that's getting old
--the food
--the wine
--the nightlife that feels more sophisticated, minus barcelona, which was definitely not sophisticated at all but was still awesome
--siena and the natives
--feeling independent
--learning things i would otherwise never know and finding out random facts about random crap everyday
--living in one of the most beautiful places and the tuscan countryside
--the dogs, especially the huge dog named lucky that sits in front of his house next to IES every day and for whom i specifically schedule an extra 7 minutes to play with before i go to class
--being able to go wherever i want in europe basically
--not being bored at any moment in time, always having something to do
--finding out what i can do by myself...which is actually a lot...

things i won't miss about abroad:
--having travel plans go awry
--having to get from siena to anywhere else
--freaks on my program
--hostels
--my smelly apartment due to my roommates
--smelly italians
--smelly italian youth
--having to do an inordinate amount of work for classes that don't even count for my major or show up on my gpa, but which require the effort nonetheless because the grades appear on my transcript
--the weather this entire semester in every single place in all of europe
--language barrier
--public restrooms in europe
--the euro (see: not getting free water at the table, being charged ridiculous cover charges at mediocre restaurants, the awful exchange rate)

things i miss about america:
--my bed, my shower, car, reliable wireless access, comfortable pillows, other tangible and material possessions of the like
--DRIVING and the feeling i get when i am doing so
--my friends
--my family
--legitimate BRUNCH food (eggs, bagel, lox, french toast, pancakes)
--iced tea and ice in general
--drying machines
--the food, specifically: sushi, tiny boxwoods, beck's, cupcakes from crave, mac and cheese from basically everywhere, grilled cheese, pei wei chicken fried rice minus bell pepper and plus extra egg, chipotle, chicken pad mun sen from thai gourmet
--hot weather
--USD, english, english-speakers
--walgreens, cvs, target, things that are open 24/7
--central standard time

that is all.