I love so many things about being in the Midwest, but I also miss so many things about my first home in California, like:
- Chilly mornings that turn into hot afternoons
- Hiking all the time
- Not needing to own a real coat
- Hot sauce at every table at every restaurant
- So many of my best friends from growing up and from college
- My mom and dad, grandma and grandpa, aunts, uncles, and cousins and all the family
- Good Mexican food
- Sunshine all the time
- The sound of cars going by at nighttime
- My BFFs' families that are like second families to me
- Ascension Lutheran Church
- California Lutheran University
- The ocean
- Mountains
- DISNEYLAND
- Hot, dry summers
- Togo's Sandwiches, specifically the number 24 on sourdough
- Family birthday parties where inevitably someone will crumple up the wrapping paper and we will all throw it at each other for like 20 mins
- Grandma and Grandpa's house, especially their fireplace, patio, and den.
- Eggs n Things
- The possibility of running into celebrities
- The beach, again
- The 118 just before Granada Hills
- Sitting outside year round
- Good guacamole
- Avocados on everything
- Not having to dry my hair before walking outside
- Flip flops as nice shoes
- The Coffee Bean
- In and Out. I don't miss In and Out as much as I miss the opportunity to go to it.
- So many oak trees (it makes sense since I grew up in Thousand Oaks)
- Ventura Harbor
There are lots of things that I don't miss (like traffic, rude people, everything is the most expensive), but that's not what this post is about.
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