A month left...seems like yesterday was "it's been a month"

This week I unexpectedly came down with a horrible sickness, something like strep. It hit me out of the blue and really took everything out of me. I had a great day Monday filled with a busy day teaching, a run in the early evening, and then a yoga class outside overlooking the mini-alps. Tuesday morning I woke up with a horrendous sore throat that only got worse throughout the day and then I spent the next three days in bed or on my couch. At least I am now caught up on Grey's and 24. You would think being home that much you would get a lot accomplished, but I was pretty knocked out. One of my really nice parents (of my students) took me to the doctor Thursday, where I was surprised that they did a "finger prick" to test whether or not I had a bacterial infection. My childhood fears started coming back...hated that finger pricking. Glad they don't do that in the States. It's now Friday and I've taken two doses of the antibiotic and I'm feeling much better. As I was laying on the couch this week, I had a lot of time to think and wanted to write an entry just about what I miss at home and what I miss or maybe won't miss here. Not to be negative, more just appreciative of home!

Things I miss:
1. Family/Friends /students/SSF
2. My soft sheets on my comfy bed
3. The beach
4. Running on the beach and good yoga classes
5. Big lattes, margaritas, Mexican, Breakfast on the weekends
6. At times, convenience
7. Driving, freedom
8. Familiarity
9. Ease of communication
10. English Book Stores
11. Good Manicures and pedicures

Things I'll miss in CH:
1. Friends/ students
2. Leisure time on Sundays
3. The mountains and the views of the mountains, lakes and views of lakes
4. Rain (amazing huh?)
5. Travel convenience
6. People appreciating the moment (not being wastful and not rushing through life)
7. Fat pretzels, chocolate, my favorite pizza at Tango, maybe gelato now that summer is approaching
8. The beauty of the first snow fall
9. Amazing Skiing
10. European getaways for the weekend
11. Church Bells
12. Old Towns
13. Hearing Italian
14. Sense of security Gentilino provides
15. Not having to decide between 1,000 cereal brands
16. Running through beautiful trails alone and thinking about it being dangerous
17. Buying good wine for good prices and drinking it often
18. Morcote and Ascona (my two favorite Swiss towns, that feel like you are in Italy)

Okay a few things I won't miss:
1. Inhaling second hand smoke and people being obsessed with their cigarettes i.e. having it hanging from their mouth before they're even off the train
2. People letting their dogs use the sidewalk as a bathroom
3. Work frustration
4. Bare apartment walls
5. The cold weather in the winter
6. Bugs flying in mouth when I am running
7. Having to watch TV/movies on my computer
8. Having to tackle the waiter for the bill
9. People being completely oblivious to you almost stepping on their feet they're walking so slowly
10. Gothics at the train station
11. Loud mopeds/dirt bikes driving around the neighborhood