You know you miss someone when you have a dream about how much you miss them.

My best friend lives in Utah, where we met. I haven't seen her in over a year (Happy Canadaversary to us, by the way)! I'm particularly bummed about being so far away right now because I missed her baby shower/missed out on helping her paint her baby's room/won't get to meet her "Ninja baby"/haven't been able to show off Baby Lucy to her/etc. I've had two dreams about her in the past week, one of which was actually about not getting to help paint and how much I miss her. And she bought all her friends who helped paint ice cream (in the dream) and it made me jealous...partly because I miss her and partly because I haven't had ice cream in weeks and weeks.

So, today I think I'm going to wallow in self pity and eat ice cream.

Other things/people I miss (from Utah and Ohio):

• Target
• the dollar theater
• mountains
• the UTA
• $400 a month rent
• Spencer
• Rachel (who is also having a baby soon)
  
• Nora
• my family, especially my mom!!!
• Dodger and Elly (and Harrigan too)
• Harrigan's (especially the pizza and the chicken fingers)
• Bill's Donuts (best donuts EVER)
• lots of birds and critters running around everywhere
• the Provo library's magazine selection
• the USPS
• my grandpa's yard/garden
• Windmill Farm
• the nearby museums
• high school (not that I could go back even if I was physically close enough)
• humidity (can't believe I'd ever miss that, but the dry air is doing a number on my skin)
• regular thunderstorms
• Goodwill
• and, again, MY FAMILY

How could I not miss this?