Dear Diary,
we have now been living on the road for a full month. Until now my longings are keeping within the expected realm an extended road trip in North America with two toddlers entails.
- I miss being able to simply drop the kids in somebody else’s lap and lead an adult life for at least a part of my day.
- I miss our coffee machine and milk frother – not for my own sake, but to be saved the effects of my wife’s lasting “good” coffee withdrawal. Americans are so misguided in their understanding of coffee that we have started to specifically state that we do not want any sweetener or caramel flavor added to our latte! What’s wrong with these people?
- I miss the REWE grocery delivery service. Going grocery shopping is a total drag. It’s time consuming. simply annoying and usually ends with at least one of two kids throwing a food induced tantrum. REWE – I hereby solemnly swear loyalty to you as long as you continue to enslave drivers to carry my groceries to my door step!
- I miss Friday Dinners. I miss cooking. I miss drinking. I miss kicking butt a table football. I miss mobbing Gabriel and Laurens. I miss the company of our wonderful friends.
- I miss football. Those suckers are making a run for the championship and cup. And I will most likely miss both! WTF! I obviously ware my jersey on game days and cheer them on from afar. I am also monitoring whether the prices for flying back for the cup final will drop to a reasonable level at some point. Surely, it’s not worth $ 3.500 to fly back for a single game. Or is it?