Things I'm looking forward to

Things I'm looking forward to: (as described in a letter to Amanda D.)

• Meeting my nephew, Baby Caleb.
• Meeting my öther nephew or niece that is soon to be determined (YAY, another one!)
• Becoming an aunt and God-mom. I'm taking my aunt responsibility very seriously! 
• My brother's wedding! Oh man! 
• Family
• Friends
• Cheese, Mexican food
• Jimmy Johns, Chic-fil-a, refrigerated foods, organic milk, Ameri-cone Dream Ben & Jerrys, books, shopping clearance sales with the girls, MY CAR
• Fresh air
• Thanksgiving turkey and dressing, cranberry sauce.
• Hobby Lobby and craft stores
• BATH TUB
• My kitchenaid mixer...seriously...with an oven...seriously...
• Dating Derek in America
• English speaking doctors with real medical degrees with a functioning immune system
• bread that doesn't have sugar on it
• A separate shower and toilet
• A CLOSET!
• No Ajumas
• not missing any more weddings, showers, births, etc
• Being available by phone to my friends when they need it and being available in the country for girls weekends.
• Big dogs, grass, parks, trees, mountains, fewer cars, no pushing, no factories, no subway, no weird color of snot, no drunken taxi drivers, no freezing temperatures for 6 months, no hot plates, no construction work outside of my window.
• INSULATION so I can't hear my neighbors whispering! 
• A good home church
• Rain that I can walk in instead of acid that makes my hair fall out
• My mom, mother-in-law and step-mom
• a good haircut, a clothes dryer! GOOD TOOTHPASTE
• Being a better wife to Derek in the ways that I learned how from  my mom, grandmother and great-great grandmother. 

The list goes on...that is just what came to my mind with students screaming in my classroom during lunchtime.