I haven't blogged in a long, long time (house-hunting, house-buying, moving, nesting, long trip out of the country, and most of all, laziness), but with another anniversary of Hurricane Katrina upon us, I of course have New Orleans on my mind, and I wanted to write something. In all honesty, I have New Orleans on my mind every day. I wonder if I will ever stop missing it. Probably not.
As I was falling asleep last night, I started thinking about particular things I miss. I woke up this morning and wrote 25 of them down. They're in no particular order, and I'm sure I left out plenty (including some I was thinking of last night), but here they are:
1. Kiran's 6am Mysore (yoga) class
2. Andy's Thursday afternoon phone calls letting me know what not to miss in terms of music during the (extended) weekend
3. The music, when I managed to make it out (see #1)
4. Sharing an office with Amy and getting to watch her interact with her students (then debriefing on the interactions once they would leave)
5. My scooter, Typhoon (seriously), who I had for exactly 4 months before the failed levees completely submerged her in water and rusted her to a crisp
6. Living downstairs from Pam & her kitties
7. Not having a car
8. Riding my bike in the pouring rain (including tropical storms!)
9. Beignets (though they'd be off the menu now, due to the veganism)
10. Biking along the levee on the weekends
11. Exploring the city on our bikes
12. Movies at the Saenger Theatre
13. Post-yoga breakfasts at Surrey's
14. Living close enough to my brother and his kids to visit regularly
15. Jacques-Imo's (even though they had just one vegetarian option--it was delish!)
16. The "wild" parrots who lived in the palm trees in our neighborhood
17. Biking along Bayou St. John at night
18. Riding the Street Car at night in the summer
19. Watching thunderstorms from our front porch
20. Getting to miss work because of hurricane warnings (except for that last one!)
21. Having King Cake at work every day between Epiphany and Mardi Gras
22. Our community garden plot (or P-patch as they're called in Seattle). We tried, really we did…
23. Chit-chat in the math department main office--Lisa and Elaine!
24. Conversations with bus drivers and fellow passengers
25. Our CSA veggie box. Our porch was the drop-off spot, and every week we had at least one that didn't get picked up
But most of all, I miss the people, the people and the people! Those of you who are still there (holding down the fort), and the many who are no longer there.
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