Comforts of Home

There isn't much going on lately.  We are back in Herat and I've been very domestic!  Washing curtains in our new, twin tub washing machine, cleaning house, etc.   As I work around this house, here are some of the things that I wish I had access to.  I'm sure that I could find most of them, at a cost, and after searching high and low, but we are trying to live simply so that there isn't a lot of "stuff" to get rid of when leaving.  

My "comforts that I miss" list:

•  my sewing machine and my good sewing scissors

•  a blender

•  freedom to move about when and where I wish

•  freedom to leave my head uncovered

•  a good oven

•  an automatic washing machine

•  did I mention freedom to move about?

•  cheddar and parmesan cheese

•  tortilla chips and Green Mountain salsa (or my own)

•  half and half for my coffee

•  rain (I've seen NO rain since my arrival a month ago)

•  women friends, such as my neighbor across the street :)

•  church

•  my "pampered chef" kitchen tools

•  my Kitchen Aid mixer

•  easy access to chocolate!  (I'm missing my daily fix of chocolate chips!)

•  high-speed internet access

•  my students and math classes that I'm familiar with

•  Autumn in New Hampshire

Just for the record, I'm not unhappy.  The weather is pleasant, sunny in the day, cooling off at night.  The garden here has a multitude of beautiful roses that are blooming right now.  And I'm with my husband, which is a lot of fun, even though we are pretty much stuck here in the homestead when he finishes his work each day at the University.  We have gone shopping a few times and we attended a trade fair the other day.  Tomorrow night we are having dinner at the 5-star hotel in town!  Today I will teach my first EFL (English as a foreign language) class.  Many people here pronounce all of the vowels in the word "foreign".  Try it and see how it sounds!