The countdown is on. Roughly one week until we head home and I am ready to unleash list after list for you in blog posts. It’s been a great run, I do know that I am going to miss it but I am getting to a point where I am not a good tourist anymore. I’m ready to hang up my explorer hat for a bit. So, I bring you a list of things I found myself doing this summer and never really expected. 

    

  
1. Eat ramen noodles past the age of 26.

2. Reheat coffee in a saucepan. 

3. Keep the mop and broom in the shower. 

4. Watch the worst TV possible because, well, it’s TV!!!

5. Make a clothesline out of bungee cords.

6. Realize a double stroller doubles as a laundry shuttle. 

7. Sneer at the idea of eating S’mores, hot dogs or any kind of turkey sandwich again. 

8. Develop a pure and deep love of the Wal-Mart Corporation. 

9.  Become overly focused on obtaining quick and reliable wifi. So much that you get lost in your email when you get it. 

10. Become an expert at making toast without a toaster. 

11. Febreeze clothes in lieu of washing them. 

12. Appreciate and often fantasize more than you ever thought possible about the idea of a house with separate beds and separate rooms for everyone.

13. Bathe your children in Tupperware bins. 

14. Be the type of person who writes opinionated and detailed Yelp and TripAdvisor reviews as a civil duty to my fellow man.