Things I Like: The Post-3rd-World-Country-Vacation Version

In the USA:
1. Drinkable water from a faucet.
2. Brushing my teeth without using a bottle of water.
3. Getting a drink of water from a public drinking fountain and not worrying if it's going to make me violently ill for the next 2 days.
4. Clean streets.
5. English.
6. Companies that care about my business.
7. Airline pilots and flight attendants who explain why we're waiting on the tarmac for 30 minutes...and who would explain why they sent you inside the airport for 45 minutes and then bring you back out to a different plane and have you sit in that plane for 20 minutes before you take off in the middle of a lighting storm late at night. ...and they don't leave your baggage outside in the middle of a torrential rainstorm.
8. Mosquitos who don't possibly carry Malaria.
9. Floors I can walk on with barefeet without having to worry about germs...and stuff.
10. My family...even though half of them are spread out across the country and other spiritual realms.
11. Parents who watch my puppy for 6 days and don't hate me for it.
12. Neighbors who volunteer to take my mail and newspaper before I even ask them.
13. Friends who watch my puppy for 4 days and treat him like a godchild.
14. Brothers who stay up until after midnight to pick us up at a crowded airport.
15. Who also is thoughtful enough to bring a gallon of milk when he picks us up because he knows we won't have any for breakfast in the morning.
16. Cheerios with said milk.
17. Spaghetti. Real spaghetti with meat sauce and cheddar cheese. Not fettucini noodles cooked in Chef Boyardee sauce and topped with mozzarella.
18. My bed.
19. My house.
20. My country.

In Honduras
1. Seeing where my hubby spent 2 years learning to love serving the Lord.
2. Driving through lush green mountains in a warm rain storm.
3. Meeting people who love my husband and remember him for his hard work.
4. Feeling a familiar feeling of warmth and family with people I've never met and knowing I could feel that feeling no matter where I go in the world.
5. Playing cards games in our balconey as we watch the taxi drivers on the street below...and being a safe distance from said people below.
6. Finding the coolest picture to hang on the wall in our basement.
7. Flying 400 feet above the rainforest on a wire.
8. Doing that 15 times.
9. Hot tubs in the rain.
10. Giant Ceiba trees...I mean kapok trees.
11. Security guards who moonlight as horse guides and don't overcharge us to take us up on his horses to see Mayan ruins.
12. Frogs in the middle of the road!
13. Crabs (and Cheetos bags) in the middle of the road.
14. Flying over the rainforest in a tiny airplane and seeing how beautiful my hubby's adopted country is.
15. Spending a day on the beach doing nothing but playing games and eating churros.
16. Being brave enough to go SCUBA diving.
17. Not having to go SCUBA diving ever again.
18. Scooters on an island!
19. Geckos who live in our cabana but don't have the guts to show themselves.
20. Doing it all with Zack.