Ridiculously Homesick Today

I wanna go home rull bad today.
It started with the Mexican food that my neighbor cooked on Friday. She made taquitos/flautas and sopes. I was trying to get out the door, she invited me to eat three times, and I managed to say no the first two times. Her husband's guacamole is divine. So I ate 3 taquitos and 3 sopes. And then I went to the event (with the ex-Jesuit) and served canapes to RH donors. And then I ate 3 more taquitos. and maybe 3 more sopes. and I tried the other appetizers too.
but theres something about deep friend corn flour surrounding fatty meat and cheese. smothered in guacamole and a bit of Mexican sour cream. it tastes like home.
When Jouni was here, we ate Vietnamese. I ordered coconut water and almost cried when it came. It was so good.
Yesterday, I ate Chipotle. It was good, but it wasn't the same.
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Ashley asked what I was looking forward to most in August. The following list exploded out of my mouth:
1. Mexican food
2. fresh fruit that isn't transported thousands of miles first
3. being close to the mountains
4. being close to the ocean
5. warm summer nights
6. being able to call people with my cell phone
7. being able to text
8. having access to my moms car
9. going camping with my friends
10. being able to call my best friend and actually spend time with her before she moves to Utah
11. seeing those Fresno boys again.

There are so many beautiful things about being here, but man oh man, 40 never seemed like such a big number...