The Things I Miss the Most

The Things I Miss the Most

I’m realizing that the things I miss the most are 1^st world creations that save time. For example

1. Dish Washer 
2. Laundry Machine
3. Running Water

The main source of food in Nepal is rice. What I didn’t know before coming here is how many forms of rice there are: puffed rice, beaten rice, regular rice. All of these forms of rice allow one to eat rice for three meals a day with the illusion that you are eating a variety. I eat so much rice, I am in fact becoming rice.  So if you hadn’t picked up on the point of this little tangent, the second thing I miss most is food. I miss food so much I dream of it. Food I most often crave is:

1. Fresh Fruit
2. Fresh RAW vegetables.  (everything we eat is cooked. All I want is a large chopped salad!)
3. Cheese
4. Bread
5. Cheese with bread
6. Brownies
7. Cookies
8. Chocolate of any kind
9. Fresh Juice
10. Any kind of premade snacks

And lastly I miss things of comfort and convenience

1. Drinkable Filtered Water
2. A bed with a mattress
3. Hot shower with water pressure
4. Grocery store
5. Target (aka one place where you can buy everything you need)
6. Movie Theaters
7. Reliable and fast running internet

But then I remember that I’m living on top of a mountain in the middle of Nepal, surrounded by picturesque scenery playing with kids a few hours a day.  And I remind myself that in only a few short months I will be back in the world of restaurants and movie theaters and this experience will be gone, like a dream that you try to remember when you wake up. 

Don’t get me wrong, as soon as I get to Kathmandu I immediately start bingeing on pizza and brownies and I’m begging my parents and friends to send care-packages full of dried fruit and chocolate (wink wink). But I think one of the best things this experience has given me is the awareness that I don’t need any of it. That while I enjoy the comforts and conveniences, that’s all they are! They are not necessities and I can live with out them.