Dec 27 2008
The Little Things You Miss
Adaptability. That’s what moving is all about. You know going in that you won’t have everything at your new location that you had at the last, and that when you leave you will miss some of the things you had here. You adjust. Over time things become an accepted norm for you. It’s those first few weeks that you miss routine and little things in your day to day life. Here are a few of the things I miss.
1. Communication means. Yes, we have a US phone number through Vonage. Yes, my cell phone does receive email and probably can dial out but I can’t seem to figure it out and have not gotten that to the top of my list of things to resolve. But eventually I know it will work. I miss being able to pick up the phone and call Johnnie to say “hey grab bread on the way home” or stuff like that. I can call the US but cannot figure out how to call his cell phone here! Add communication when we are out and about to the list too. When we go to the store, we are arranging meet up points because I don’t have a phone. Well I do have a phone, but it is a US phone and even if I had it figured out, go back to my previous comment about not being able to call him. I think his cell phone must have some sort of restrictions on it.
2. Hot water. We have hot water and plenty of it. It’s just that you have to run the faucet in the sink for about 30 minutes for it to work its way to the kitchen. The tank is on the back of the house close to the bedrooms. OK so on the positive side, if I had to choose on waiting 30 min for hot water for a shower versus 30 min for getting it to the kitchen sink I would wait on the dish washing for sure!
3. A sprayer on my sink. No dishwasher here which is ok, we can wash by hand after we wait the 30 min to get the hot water. But the dish soap is not the most potent stuff and could use the boost of a sprayer to help suds it up. No sprayer here. Can’t add a sprayer so I’ll add dish soap to my commissary order when I get that process figured out.
4. Ice cubes. I am an ice cruncher. Having had an ice maker on the fridge for the past 10 years, it is sure tough to get used to going back to ice cube trays. But I am adapting. I have even added a bowl of ice in the spare freezer for the moments when I grab the ice tray to find that no one thought it necessary to fill it up other than me! See my memory does still exist, I know that is exactly what happens when multiple people are using two small ice trays. The freezer on the fridge is extremely small so it is nice to have an extra freezer to use.
So just four things. There are more but really even these four (other than the communication) are not earth shattering. We’re enjoying new things and adapting to change. Neither Chris nor I do the adapting thing well so I think so far we’ve done better than anyone expected!
