Sometimes, when you're at a different place in life, you expect to miss certain things -- aspects of a job or a place you might have lived that were wonderful in some way or another. More often than not, though I find myself missing the strangest things.
For example:
- The feel of old human bones.
- The intricacies of dead folks' rotten teeth.
- The smell of decomp.
- The misery of a long march in hot weather, burdened with a shovel, a backpack, and a screen.
- The smell of dirt.
- Crashing in the hotel from exhaustion after a day in the field.
These are things I never expected to miss.
Then again, I've seen some of the stories I write, so maybe it's not surprising.
What about the rest of you? Do you sometimes miss the things you might have thought you'd rather be done with -- sometimes even more than the things you knew you would miss? Or is this is just Nevetsized nostalgia?
.Nevets.
Look at that list. I am SO in the right place. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat do I miss? Four seasons. Snow. Catching up with coworkers in the break room (I have no coworkers now). Reading like a reader and not a writer. Law & Order (the original show).
I miss the smell of hospitals, and the clatter of old metal bedpans (those were the days!) and the crisp feel of a proper nurse's uniform and being afraid of Matron (I really am showing my age!) and the sheer pleasure of making a sick person comfortable.
ReplyDeleteOk, not that I'm judging - but you're list is weird. And made plausible because I "know" you.
ReplyDeleteYou keep coming up with interesting posts, Nevets. Makes me feel I need to get my finger out.
So, what do I miss? Having good ideas for my blog. And cake. (I've got my healthy on right now.)
@Jennifer - Welcome home. ;)
ReplyDeleteI wish I knew whether I would miss the seasons or not. My wife definitely missed it when we were down to two in Alaska. I've often thought I'd like a tropical climate, but I wonder if I would miss the seasons.
I enjoyed later years Law & Order, but I definitely miss the earlier stuff where it was less about the twist and more about the human drama around jurisprudence and legal philosophy.
@Frances - Acrylic bed pans are just not the same, I'm sure!
ReplyDeleteI do think you must have been an amazing nurse. Every time you talk about nursing, it always comes down to patient care and comfort. That's wonderful.
@Michael - haha Feel free to judge, man. feel free to judge. It's definitely weird stuff, and it's all stuff about which I'd thought, "Can't wait to be shuck of that."
ReplyDeleteMissing cake, yeah... This eating healthy thing is great, but it was brutal at the closing dinner for a conference a few weeks ago. There were something like five amazing cakes that were served. I stayed strong, but the fact that I still remember the cakes says something.