Random pneumonia thoughts

Lots of time today to think....just laying, trying to let my body heal from this bug, and thinking. I've been trying to avoid that quite a hit lately. It's easier to focus on the details and getting things done. But nonetheless I was stuck so....some (pretty random) thoughts.

Thinking about leaving here, thinking about starting there. Little things are hitting me---

Things I'm going to miss (obviously the big things--our family, Juana, my job, our friends and neighbors, the boys' schools, etc). But also...

1. Juana's homemade soup 

2. Houston Dynamo soccer games

3. My favorite run  down to and around the lake 

4. Indian food Thursdays at the hospital

5. Hide & seek in the cul de sac

6. Morning Commiserating and tea breaks  with my girls in the ICU

7. Hawaii 5-0 and Surivor nights on the couch with a DQ blizzard

8. Losing myself in Community of Faith service music

9. Boys' sleepovers with our neighbors & their best friends

10. Guacamole...and tortillas...and ...and queso...especially from El Ranchito #2

11. Jazzercising my Mexican food away

12. Watching the boys climb trees and pee in the woods and collect bugs at soccer practice

13. Hospital nurses who know me so well they don't have to call

14. Making fun of my awesome pregnant partner and watching baby boy make his entrance to the world

15. Surprise McDonald's lunches with the boys at school

16. Summer afternoons in the backyard pool

17. Buc-ees

Things I won't miss (not as long but still)

1. 100plus degree summer heat

2. 4:30pm ER admits that keep me from heading home

3. The bus stop (not the company of course, just the chaos)

4. Weekend rounds 

5. Youth soccer coach and team selection drama

6. Dr. Oz and Meet the Press and most US media really

7. A few hospital nurses that call multiple times with unimportant questions

8. Houston traffic (not that I deal with it much)

Things I'm looking forward to

1. Watching the boys snowboard

2. Spending my days with Owen

3. Traveling by train across Europe

4. Micah being home before 6pm

5. Learning to cross country ski

6. European soccer-watching professionals and watching Barrett

7. Fireplaces we can really use

Things I'm nervous about

1. Snow and cold

2. Grocery shopping 

3. Learning to speak Norwegian

4. Finding friends without working

5. Driving in the snow 

6. 13 hour flights with 3 young boys

More to come I'm sure but that's my productivity for the day