20 things I'm looking forward to and 36 things I'm going to miss

I only have approximately 3 weeks left on my study abroad experience, and in preparation I have been doing some reflecting. I decided that I wanted to compile a list of everything I'm going to miss and everything I'm looking forward to. This is what I've compiled: 

20 Things I'm looking forward to: 

1. Seeing all of you wonderful friends and family, and maybe most importantly, Coco Bambina. 
2. Having a working washer and a dryer. 
3. My car. (I'm going to be such a bad driver)
4. Driving to get groceries (and being able to pack the cart!!)
5. Not getting hissed at when I walk down the street alone. 
6. Lake Michigan and all it entails (sailing, beach, swimming, Lake Shore Drive)
7. Chicago/Evanston/Bloomington
8. Summer
9. Baseball (well all American sports really, basically not soccer) 
10. STARBUCKS
11. CHIPOTLE
12. Being able to wear stilettos (No cobblestone). 
13. No longer having to study art. 
14. Trees (Florence lacks foliage)
15. Not having neighbors that yell at you in Italian. (I swear were innocent!)
16. Losing my new found gelato weight. 
17. Being able to walk down the street without being bombarded by gypsies and tourists. 
18. Being free of the Euro. 
19. Being free of cigarette smoke.
20. Getting carded!!

36 Things I am going to miss about Florence/my study abroad experience:

1. Doing things solely for my pleasure. 
2. Freedom
3. Gelato
4. Being surrounded by amazing art all of the time. 
5. The "Grazie Lady" every morning on the Ponte Vecchio
6. My incredible apartment
7. Laying out on my terrace of said incredible apartment
8. Having time to read
9. Having the ability to pick up and go to another place in Europe any weekend I wanted. 
10. The prevalence of vino over beer. 
11. The Tuscan hills
12. Looking at the duomo while brushing my teeth
13. My new found friends and roomies
14. Kebab
15. Italian television
16. Speaking Italian out of the classroom
17. Lockness Club
18. The old man that inches down my street every day. 
19. The fresh produce
20. The fantastico shopping 
21. The class of Europeans in general (and no I'm not referring to the skeezy Italians who hang out where the American girls are...)
22. Karaoke at Michael Collins 
23. Beatles cover band every Tuesday at Bebop
24. My teacher Franco's odd humor
25. Vespas
26. Relaxing at the Boboli Gardens on a sunny day
27. Terracotta rooftops 
28. The jazz musicians that play in the square near my house
29. The best cappucino. As well as getting cappucino 5 times a day. 
30. The charm that Florence carries
31. Football (soccer) fans- and being able to hear the screams of the games from my window. 
32. The church bells on Sundays (as well as the churches)
33. Being able to walk everywhere
34. Festivals at Santa Croce and the San Lorenzo market
35. The "Va Bene" (It's good) mentality
36. Having absolutely NOTHING to complain about.