what I will and won't miss, part 2

In the last one, I found both a positive and a negative. Hmmm. Here goes: I was often cranky during the exercise, because I was hot, but the sheer inconvenience of not having a motorized vehicle of any kind (except on the weekends) meant that I walked more, or rode more, and now am more in shape than I was when I left.
Here's kind of a mixed one: I drank more Coke than usual when I was here, one almost every day. I've been trying to cut down, so this was tasty but unhealthful. But it's because I lacked a good substitute - I've had coffee only about half a dozen times since I was here. This whole post was started because I was thinking longingly about my French press. Oh, the French press! Aside from the car and the scooters, this might be the inanimate object I miss most.
I really try not to mention names here on this blog, so I won't. But I will say that the one friend I've made here will be a genuine loss. I find her conversation really interesting. But of course, however interesting she is, she is not the friend I sit across from, or the friend in Siberia, or the beloved sibling in New York, or the friend I like quite a bit in Tennessee, or the one I visited in Mississippi. Or, of course, the SO! The friend I leave here I will miss, but I will gain more time with three of those mentioned above.