Things I Won't Miss

I know that my last couple of blogs will be tearful and sappy so I thought I would get the more negative things out of the way.

Things I won't miss:
1) Lukewarm food. Since I mostly eat at school, the food is big serving buckets which are not kept warm at all. By the time we get around to eating them, they are all warm. Also most restaurant food is not hot, I don't know why because dishes are brought out as ready.

2) Rain. This is our 12th straight day of really heavy rain and it is miserable.

3) Being dependent on a bike for my transportation. There are people I can hitch rides with but I save those for bad weather. It means that anytime I travel anywhere, I have to first ride my bike 45 minutes just to get to the train station. Going shopping is an almost everyday thing since I can't carry much.

4) Always having to wonder whether both sides of a conversation understand what was just said, also not being able to kid around much -- the translation would never make it.

5) The general obliviousness I mentioned earlier.

6) The tendency to make last minute plans with the assumption that it will be fine with you. Or sometimes the plans are made, but no one bothers to tell you until one hour before.

7) The lack of stimulation in my town. Nice folks, but farmers all.

8) Although there are teachers here that I hope I will stay close to, the general conservative policies of the school can drive you wild.