I am still sorting. My dining room table is still a mess. I clean half the table off and then fill it up again. My large couch is cleared off, but now my small couch is half filled. I have decided that it's just going to be a nightmare for the next six days. Yes, we only have 6 days that I am able to work until the movers arrive. They arrive Monday morning, but I can't do any work at all on Saturday. Joe has a Cub Scout camp out all weekend. I'll work on Friday and then on Sunday, we will be gone all day Saturday. Joe has been really looking forward to this trip so we have to go, though the timing isn't great.
I will miss baseball. Sounds strange coming from me, right? I mean, I am not great lover of baseball. I loved playing it as a child. My brother Nick and I would play all the time in the yard next to our walnut tree. I also played on several teams throughout the years. As an adult though, I have discovered that I can't stand watching it on tv. It just can't keep my interest at all. In person is okay, but can still get boring. At this point, you are probably wondering why I will even miss it. Well, mostly it comes from this past Saturday night. Joe had read a certain number of books at school and earned a free ticket to a Bowie Baysocks game. We decided to make it a family night and I purchased tickets for the rest of us. There were a few bumps in the whole process of taking a family to a baseball game, but the sheer joy on Joe's face as he jumped up and down, arms over head, screaming and cheering as a Baysock player hit a home run was priceless. Nothing but pure joy. Since it was reading night at the ballfield, there were fireworks after the game. Wonderful fireworks. I was so happy we got to see some since the kids are a little bummed to be missing 4th of July this year. After the fireworks, the kids were invited to run the bases. Joe, Tom, and Sam joined the very very long line of kids and finally made it down to the field to run. Unfortunately, it was 10 pm and Sam was tired. He tried to go ahead of Joe and Tom in line. Joe grabbed Sam and wouldn't let go. Sam cried and cried. One of the ushers made Joe and Sam leave the line. Joe dragged Sam over the stands where the parents were made to wait, then got back in line. Poor Sam. He wouldn't stop crying. He just wanted to go run the bases without Joe holding on to him. He never got to run them, but Joe and Tom enjoyed it. I will baseball because Australia doesn't have it and we'll have to wait until we return to go to a game again. Cricket just isn't the same.
I will also miss my miniture hostas. These little plants were given to us several years ago by Jay's grandmother Sue. We had filled in an old concrete fish pond with dirt and she gave us the plants to fill them in. They were the first plants we'd planted at our home and I will miss them.
I will also miss Diet Coke. I have a love/hate relationship with Diet Coke. I probably drink too much of it, but I won't be drinking any after we move. Yes Australia has diet soda and even Diet Coke. BUT, it's just not the same. All their diet sodas have sugar in them, real sugar. They don't taste right and aren't 0 calories. Coke Zero (which I don't like) also isn't 0 calories. Iced tea is also not very popular in terms of drinks. I will be able to make that at our house, but when we go out, it will be a problem. Of course, drinks in general are a problem when going out in Australia. When you order a drink at a restaurant, it is small. About 8-10 oz and refills are not free. Water has to be requested and still just an 8 oz glass. I am the kind of person who drinks a whole during a meal. It helps me eat less. Not that we plan to eat out much, but we will until we have some place to live.
I will not miss cooking dinner. Yes, I will be cooking dinner in Australia, starting Monday, I won't have a kitchen for about 4-5 weeks. I won't be able to make good healthy meals with a hotel microwave so I won't have to cook much. I get really really tired of cooking all the time. I used to love cooking, but the spark is gone for me. At least for the last few years it's been out. Perhaps after a break, I will get it back.
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