Blah Blah Blah, lists aren't proper writing, blah blah.... I couldn't think of a better way of presenting this post so I just wrote a list of reasons why I am looking forward to going back to
the UK! There is an equal, or maybe even longer, list of things I will miss and
why I don’t want to go back. But this will make me far too depressed about the
fact in 3 weeks’ time I will be on a flight back to the UK so I won’t write it
now.
In no particular order, I am looking forward to:
- Food. I could probably name 25 different food items and meals I am looking forwards too but that would be dull.
- A proper cup of breakfast tea. I haven’t had anything other than green tea in far too long.
- Quiet. Spain is loud. But then I am going home so there is unlikely to be any peace there.
- Not having to use plug adaptors. Hate them, hate them, hate them.
- Pounds. I have given up trying to convert the cost of things in shops, so I will probably be able to budget a bit better back in the UK
- Probably should add something about seeing my friends and family…
- Fluffy warm towels. It’s the simple pleasures.
- Which brings me on to radiators. I miss being able to make things, including myself, toasty.
- I am so looking forward to being reunited with all my shoes. 2 pairs on rotation is not cutting it at all.
- ROSIE CUDDLES
- Being rid of the vpn to watch iPlayer. Or any TV in English come to think of it! Dubbed telly drives me mad.
- No longer nearly dying every time I cross the road. Thank god for the green man as I can’t get used to looking the wrong way when I cross the road.
- Not sounding ‘posh’ compared to every other single person I meet. Yes I have a British accent, no I’m not from Downton Abbey.
- Lined paper. What is the obsession with squared paper?
- Not being charged at every cash point which is not your bank. So much effort. So much thinking ahead.
- Shops being open on a Sunday. Nope still not used to everything being closed on Sundays.
- No longer having to master a Spanish keyboard. Typing on a computer at work takes nearly double the time! Who even knew they were different?
- Understanding things. I still don’t really know how my phone contract works, I just go into the shop and point.
- Not feeling weird for wanted to eat dinner at 6.30. It is not the afternoon, its tea time!
- Ann the tea lady. Nuf said
- Having a haircut. I am far far far to scared to go here. Probably irrationally but I am way to fond of my hair to let something happen to it.
- Not feeling so young all the time. Who knew that in most places they think you are crazy for doing your masters at 21…
- Phone Calls. Facetime and Skype are too much effort for me and I have never been a fan!
- My fluffy blanket. And a double bed. Not that my bed at home is a double but I am sure here is a seriously small single.
- Not having to do lab work. I have realised I am much too emotionally unstable and over dramatic for lab work. I think undergrad teaching labs taught me that, but working here has double confirmed that I am way too nervy and on edge to work in a lab full time. It’s not good for my health!
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| That blue sky! Just one of the things I'll miss. Overcast isn't going to cut it. |
Also: Every single thing on this buzzfeed is right - especially the one about boredom - weighing out 25 vials on a Friday afternoon makes the whole weekend seems more fun!!!!
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