Things I'm Looking Forward to About Moving Back to California:

• Shopping at Target. ON A SUNDAY. And buying diapers, cute and inexpensive clothes for Donovan, my favorite Neutrogena sunscreen, and cheap makeup that's actually cheap.
  
• Method. 'Nuff said.
• Farmers markets. Especially our old ritual of meeting up with friends at the market, working our way throug hthe stands, then going for a coffee down the block afterwards (too bad we won't get there in time for the summer strawberry season).
• Donovan playdates with Audrey, Dana, and Sophia (goodness, he's gonna have his own little harem already!).
• Mexican food. And Thai. And In-N-Out Burger. And sushi (that one's for Zach).
• I know I'll miss the bread here, but it'll also be nice to have sliced bread again. And the stuff from the Acme stand at farmers markets wasn't bad, either.
• Buying a gargantuan bag of kettle corn at the farmer's market, and eating through it all week long.
• Krispy Kreme! (though will have to indulge less, now that we'll have an impressionable young mind- and body- to think of...)
• Wanna go visit the grandparents for a weekend? Sure, it's only a 3 hr flight!
• Rain? What's that?
  
• Being able to use my cell phone whenever, without worrying about how much it costs.
• Even better-- not having to worry about what time it is where when wanting to call my mom, sister, best friend, etc, back in the states.
  
• Not having to worry about which language will be spoken where when dealing with health stuff for Donovan (or any of us, for that matter).
• A clothes dryer. With lint catcher.
  
• The public library.