Top ten things I’ve missed about home (not
including people)
10. Reliable (well most of the
time) transportation
9. Soft clothes
8. Couches
7. Internet, TV, and movies
6. College football (and college
sports in general)
5. Air-conditioning
4. Tex-Mex, B-B-Q, and Dr. Pepper
3. Cheaply calling my parents or
Joe
2. Basenjis (for those of you who
don’t know, those are my dogs)
Top ten things I’ll miss about Swaziland in a
month (not individual people)
10. Piling in as many people and
things into Kombi as possible and then some
9. Mountains in my backyard
8. A sinus infection costing less
than $6
7. Slow pace life and not being
impatient about it
6. It being normal to visit people
without any warning whatsoever
5. Swazi laughter (specifically
Majabane, Mapile, and Bhekumusa’s)
4. The beautiful siSwati language
3. Smiling children everywhere
2. Beauty from the Ashes (women’s
group on Tuesdays)
1. My brothers and sisters (Swazi
and my American teammates)
