missing something

Getting ready to leave for the Peace Corps, well actually the entire application process too, allows room for guessing and making assumptions. It is an innate quality that everyone seems to possess, it makes coping with the unknown easier. I know that I have been imagining/ fantasizing/ pretending about living in Honduras and what life will be like, because no matter how much I read I really wont know until I am there.

In the same vein I have tried to guess what I will miss the most while I am in Central America. The obvious--friends and family-- jumps to the forefront, but what little things will leave a void in my day to day?

Here are my top 5 things (I think) I will miss the most:

1. Chocolate Chip Cookies

People who know me will understand why this is my number 1. Regardless of the situation I cannot turn down a cookie (except oatmeal rasin- gross). Maybe I will be surprised and find all of the ingredients that I need to keep my addiction alive and well.

2. Seamless Web

Non-New Yorkers might be confused as to what this AMAZING website does, in reality it saved me from eating peanut butter out of ajar for 3 meals a day. It is an online consortium of NYC restaurants, that lists menus, hours, prices, and gives a user the ability to order food right from the website. I could go on about how much I actually enjoy seamless web but that might being to sound pathetic.

3. Long Showers
                                       

I like to consider myself environmentally conscious, and strive to have the smallest carbon footprint possible. But, I have a deep dark secret... I adore long showers. I find them extremely relaxing and a way to clear my head. I know that I will not have the ability to linger in the shower, which I am slowly coming to terms with.

4. Sushi

                                          

This is pretty self-explanatory, the type of food that I will miss the most is Japanese.

5. Trashy TV (no judgement allowed)

                                         

 I know you might not want to admit it but, trashy TV is great to watch. It doesn't require brain power to watch, there is no overarching theme to grasp, and the dialog can be understood my a kinder- gardener. It is a great stress-reliever and pick me up, all rolled into one.