The things I'll miss.

This is a list of things I'll miss when we move to Indiana.  Feeling a little bummed out tonight and thought if I write it out it'll make me feel better.  I read somewhere that writing it out helps. 

Here goes...

I'll miss Halloween in this house.  I'll miss carving pumpkins in our backyard, with the tiki torches and fire pit lit and the stereo system playing our ridiculously uncool Grooveshark Halloween playlist.  I'll miss having our family Halloween party here, with all of us dressing up and letting Tivoli hand out candy to the trick or treaters. 

I'll miss this house that we've griped and complained over more than we've appreciated.  I'll miss it's cozy, homey, small house feel.  

I'll miss Piper's room every time I remember sitting in there before she was born, wondering what it would be like when she finally was here.  I'll miss the way it smells like her in there. 

I'll miss riding to Krispy Kreme and then to the beach with Lindsay, Tivoli, Cutler and Mama every week during the summer.

I'll miss the beach.

I'll miss being 4 hours from Disney and being able to take last minute, "just a quick trip there" vacations.

I'll miss the long springs and probably even the mild winters.  

I'll miss the marsh smell.

I'll miss Homegoods and its wonderfully early displays of Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas decorations.

I'll miss all our doctors that I feel like I worked so hard to find.

I'll miss Soho and it's grilled cheese sandwich with a side of tomato basil soup.

I'll miss downtown.  

I'll miss Baker's Pride and those darn petit fours.

I'll miss having Kaylyn or Gable randomly stop by to play with Piper for a minute.

I'll miss having a whole family of babysitters within 10 minutes of us.

I'll miss my fellow mama-friends, Sara and Winter, and our lunch/play dates.

I'll miss seeing Piper get SO excited to see Tivoli and Cutler, even though she just saw them yesterday.

I'll miss my Tee-bo and Cutler-man. I'll miss them coming to our house to play every week.

I'll miss being able to ask Piper "you wanna go see Nonnie and Doodah, Uncle Dude and Aunt Boop?" basically every other night of the week.

I'll miss spending pretty much every day with Lindsay.  I'll miss our ::cue circus music:: trips with the children to Walmart and Target for groceries.

Most of all, I'll miss Lindsay. I'll miss Mama.  I'll miss Kaylyn.  I'll miss Gable and Daddy and Chace.  I'll miss them most when I know they're all getting together one night just to eat supper.

I'll miss all the things that I've never given a second thought to.

It hasn't made me feel better, P.S.  It's clear to me now that the writer of that article is a doofus.