Well it finally happened. My patience here has hit the tipping point, and after nearly 15 months in Peru my sanity demands a change of scenery. Actually, my husband demanded it! "Ok, let's look for flights right now," he told me one night last week, probably after I said something like, "In the US blah blah blah..."! Now I do want to encourage everyone who likes to travel to come visit Peru. I love to visit Peru, it's a wonderful country full of incredible things to see and do and eat! It's just that for me, as a foreigner who is not fluent in the language, living here is different from visiting here, especially in the situation I find myself in (ie. I moved here but didn't really move here if I have a fully furnished house in Corona, right?)
Our plan for going home together with the dogs for the summer will not be possible for various reasons so Kiko is sending me home alone while he stays here with Kianne and Maddie. I'll miss my husband and my dogs, but Kiko will join me for a few weeks in August and then we'll both come back to Peru together. He has lots of work already lined up, and several business trips to different parts of Peru. Probably not a lot will change for him, except that I won't be here. He'll get along just fine.
I've been thinking about what I'm looking forward to when I get home. Here's my list, in no particular order:
- My house! With my own things!
- My car, and being able to drive
- English, the language and the muffins
- Doing my own cooking, laundry and house cleaning (believe it or not!)
- The peace and quiet of my neighborhood
- Not having to worry about slipping on a random section of slippery sidewalk and almost falling on my, well, you know
- Smiling at people and having them smile back at me
- Being able to count on drivers following traffic laws (for the most part) like stopping at stop signs and not crossing three lanes of traffic to turn in front of you)
- Being able to walk on a green light or across a residential street without fear of getting run over
- Target, Walmart and Costco!
- More product choices
- Less expensive products
- My parents, and my kids (even though they don't even live in California, at least I'll be in the same country!)
- My friends
- My church
- Less (a lot less) humidity
- Dependable hot water and water pressure in showers and sinks
- Other breeds of dogs besides Schnauzers
- Air conditioning
- Big hugs when I see my friends and family, not just the cheek-to-cheek kissing sound
- Personal space, and saying "excuse me" if people bump into each other (or their grocery carts)
- Flushing the toilet paper down the toilet!!!
- Electrical outlets that always work and don't spark when you plug things in
- Carpet!
- In summer, it doesn't get dark until later
- Using a garbage disposal
- Walking barefoot around the house without getting dirty feet because of the constant dust from the construction, vehicles, and lack of rain!
- Mexican food and margaritas; my parents' Mexican cooking
- A sense of order
Ok, I'll stop there. No point in overdoing it. I guess I'm a little bit excited to be going home for awhile. I hope it's as good as I'm anticipating it will be, and I hope I will appreciate it once I'm back in the US.
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