The Jennifer Blogs

In just one month I'll be sitting in seat 43A on Singapore Flight 62. I can't tell you how incredibly excited I am about this trip home!

I'm looking forward to the reunion in Louisiana, cooler temperatures and some amazing Cajun food!

Florida will also offer cooler temperatures (when you've lived on the equator, even Florida can feel chilly), great friends and cherished time with the family.

Singapore is a fairly western nation, so mostly everything we want is available -- for a price. There are still a lot of things that are not available here, though, and I'm looking forward particularly to the summer salad from Crispers, the chicken noodle soup from Panera Bread, fajitas from Tapatias, Diet Cherry Coke, a traditional American breakfast, Florida French toast from First Watch, anything from Cracker Barrel and a Strawberry Lime Aid from Sonic.

We may make a trip to Disney. If there's a shuttle launch while we're home, we may try to catch that. But it's not going to be about "doing things" while we're home as much as it is going to be about seeing people and spending time with those we miss. Probably over a meal.

This trip may also include a trip to New York. That's still up in the air, but if I go, it'll be great to see friends I haven't seen in 20 years or longer. I'd also love to make it up to see a new friend, Brig, who celebrates her birthday right around the same time I celebrate mine. New York used to seem so far away from Florida. Now that I'm living something like 10,000 miles from home, New York and Florida seem like neighbors and it would be a shame not to make the trip while I'm in the country.

We'll try to see everyone while we're home, but it always seems to be that we can't squeeze everything in. It's amazing how a month seems like SO. MUCH. TIME. until you have to try to squeeze everything you want to do into those 30 days and all of a sudden you're wondering why you only planned for one month!

I'm hoping this next month flies by, but that the month after that drags on. That would be ideal. But in reality, I'm sure these next four weeks will seem like eight and the following four will feel more like two.

Time to start making lists! Things to do, places to go, people to see! I can't wait!