but i think i know why.
as much as i'm enjoying this adventure here in ecuador, there are a few things i miss. some things that have surprised me, and some not at all surprising. like, this week, i started to really miss football. aggies. cowboys. china spring cougars. my thoughts have been with them all.
i also realized tonight that i haven't had a chocolate chip cookie since i got here. that's two and a half months. has got to be some kind of record. in my dallas days, i was at JD's chippery weekly, if not bi-weekly... ok maybe every other day for a fresh semi-sweet and regular one-pump vanilla dc.
those days are gone.
the weird thing is, i just now noticed it. just today. it is funny how some of the little comforts of home are not really comforts at all. what has comforted me here has not been chocolate chip cookies, but something much, much richer.
but, at least for tonight i can enjoy some good ol' texas football, even if i am sitting on the most uncomfortable futon-couch ever made. comfort is mine.
"if you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair." -- c.s. lewis
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and the comforts of me. your bestie.
I miss JD Chippery too. We can have a vanilla dc/semisweet date.
LC and I watched the game last night at the casa...you were missed...AND she forgot to bring the chocolate chip cookie dough. You never forget the cookie dough, and if you do, you whip some up from scratch.
lb i loved this post. what a great (and often, missed) point...the "comforts" most often experienced here (in the u.s.) are so temporary. love to you.
love it.
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