10 things I miss most about Home

#10 Soda…The soda here tastes so funny. Good thing I don’t drink a lot of it. But I was so excited because they had Diet Cherry Coke in the breakroom, so I had one…that will be the first and last one I have in the UK…it was nasty!!!! Didn’t taste anything like the Cherry coke at home!

#9 Salad Dressing…It has been 4 weeks and I have yet to have a decent salad dressing here. I think that I am going to give up on the salad thing here.

#8 My Car…I actually like walking and taking the tube more than I thought…but it is quit inconvenient when I just need one little thing from the store. I wish I could just hop in my car and go to the store, instead it is about a 45 minute trip for one item. It also inconvenient to always be stuck to a time table. I can’t just pick up and leave work when I am finished…I have to make sure that I finish by 5:55 to catch the 6pm shuttle to catch the 6:26 tube to get to the gym by 7pm for my Boxing class..etc.

#7 My Gym…Although I love my boxing classes that I am taking on Mon and Wed evenings, the rest of the gym is not the greatest. It is very small, so in the evening when it is crowded it can be very Stinky and hard to find a spot to lift!

#6 TV...British TV is not the most entertaining content. It is like really bad soap operas 24/7. Good thing they show American shows! I just bought freeview…which is a set top box that allows you to get about 30-40 additional channels…and they play Law and Order…so I can’t wait to get that hooked up.

#5 American Sports…I am so sick of soccer. I just cannot get into it. I have tried to watch it…but it just doesn’t compare to Football! Rugby is interesting to watch…there is a Rugby field behind my flat, so it is fun to watch the games on the weekends. Better to watch in person I think then on TV.

#4 My Bed…the mattress in my flat is so hard…it is so hard to get comfortable!

#3 Measuring cups…Ok we all know I am not the best cook…combine that with no measuring cups and all directions in weight…and we get a disaster!!! There will not be any elaborate cooking done while I am here. I think Thanksgiving dinner is going to be a challenge!!!! Mom and Joanne…We might have to eat out!

#2 Outlets in the Bathroom…Not sure why, but there are no outlets in the bathroom and the only mirror in my Flat is in the bathroom, so getting ready in the morning is somewhat challenging. I blow dry my hair in the bedroom and heat up my curling iron in another outlet in the room then try to curl my hair in the bathroom real fast (without the curling iron plugged in) before the iron cools down.


And the #1 Think I miss the most…

Picture says it all….My Washer & Dryer!!!
Next time you don’t feel like doing laundry, think about what I go through doing laundry and it will make you feel 10 times better. My Washer is about 1/8th of the size of my unit at home. Laundry that would take about 2 hours at home took me a week here. I had to do 5 loads. And because I have a combo washer/dryer I can not put in a new load in the washer while my washed clothes are drying. But I don’t even know why they call it a dryer…because it doesn’t dry your clothes…it should be called a damper…because everything comes out damp!!! So I have to hang my clothes up around the flat to dry. But due to the Cold Wet weather here it takes about 3 days for your clothes to completely dry! Such a pain…but the good thing is there is a dry cleaning store down the street and they pick up and deliver. So I am going to send my bedding linens and towels along with my dry cleaning to them and let them do it…I can only image how long I would be without a comforter if I tried washing it myself…provided it would even fit in my machine!

So those are the Things I miss most about Home…obviously all of you are missed much more!

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