Top 10 things I miss about living in the US

It’s raining. I test drove a Jeep. Feeling nostalgic. In need of “why I miss US” top 10 list. Here we go…

10. Choices in everything (more than two airlines, phone carriers, you name it).

9. Cheap stuff: clothes, cars, food. iPhones.

8. Customer service.

7. No caps on Internet usage.

6. Access to Hulu and the like.

5. Close proximity to everything (other than Australia).

4. American food: Hot dogs, hamburgers, Philly cheese steak sandwiches, burritos, milk shakes, cookies, cinnamon rolls.

3. Polish food: triple smoked sausage, bigos, pierogi, plesniak.

2. My friends.

1. My family (including kitty and puppy).

If there was a direct flight from Sydney to Chicago, I would be so much happier… you have no idea. I’m so envious of Aussie friends who say things like “I’m going to see my folks this weekend,” or when I see a US friend post something on Facebook like “Going to see OKGo at Empty Bottle.” It’s those little things that others take for granted that I would kill to be able to do…

Not that I’m complaining about my life in Sydney. It’s great! But it’s not unusual that I wake up in the middle of the night with tears in my eyes, wishing I could walk downstairs, find my dog and cat snoring by the fireplace and curl up with them. Or come home after work to find my mom’s famous chicken soup waiting on the table. Or go for a ride with my dad on his Honda cruiser. Or have an all-night Firefly marathon with my sister.

It’s not true what they say. You can go home again. And I really want to.