Last night in our old flat!

[cosmolinguist]

I am looking forward to having my clothes and teabags and chairs and stuff all in one place again.

I'm trying to think what I'll miss. The sounds of the trains, especially at night, and the station announcements through the kitchen windows when I can have them open. Being able to see a bus pulling into the stop as I leave my front door, and getting there in time to catch it. The drums in the parking lot not far from my bedroom window every weekend in the summer, as wedding banquets are held in that Indian restaurant. But not a lot, really. I'm gaining more than I'm losing.

Comments

[pseudomonas]

Good luck for the move!

[cosmolinguist]

Thanks. It's the in-laws coming to help that I'm worried about. :)

[quirkytizzy]

Isn't it funny, the things we find we will miss? Sounds. I miss sounds. Sometimes I was so ready to be away from those sounds, only to find out I missed them.

But like you said - gaining more than you're losing. I love that way of looking at it.

That's an anthem for me. So going to start thinking that. "I'm gaining more than I'm losing."

Thank you for that!

[cosmolinguist]

I'm really glad to have said something helpful to you. :) Thanks for saying so.

I'm sure I'll miss things I don't anticipate -- emigrating taught me that -- but I do like to make a little game of guessing what I currently have and will miss when it's gone. It's one of the ways I'm best at practicing gratitude and mindfulness, too.

[uglybuffy.livejournal.com]

Where is new home? Will you still be near Cringle Park?

[cosmolinguist]

Yes, it's super-close to where we were, actually; only a few minutes' walk further from Cringle Park. :)