What do you miss?

@Humbug25 (12540)
August 23, 2008 8:06am CST
I have just come back from a few days away and apart from myLot (of course) I really missed my own bedroom. I had to share a bed with my son whilst away and he was all over the place. I like the way my own bed sheets smell and I am used to the type of comfy mattress I have. I love the way the sun shines in through my orange curtains in the morning and the clock beside my bed so I can always see what time it is. So what do you miss most when you go away apart from myLot? What are you glad to see or get back to when you have been away?
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
23 Aug 08
I have spent much of my adult life away from home Humbug. But my absolute favourite is turning into my own street and thinking "I'm home". Apart from the family I think that my next favourite and excuse me here, is sitting on my loo! I don't mind using strange loos, but there is no loo like my own loo. LOL.
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• United States
23 Aug 08
Ok, I said the other day that I didn't think you were strange but.....no loo like your own loo? What, does your seat fit your backside just right because of a groove left by years of sitting on it, or something?
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
23 Aug 08
I AM strange! I like to sit there and contemplate life. I like the familiarity of the surroundings. The seat is custom moulded, but you've given me an idea now. If racing car drivers can have their seats moulded to their shapes why not loo sitters? LOL. Look, there's some nice men in white coats come to take me away. I do hope that you will all visit me in the Funny Farm.
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
23 Aug 08
I mean that the seat is not custom moulded.....
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@jillhill (37354)
• United States
23 Aug 08
I miss my bed too and also the ablility to move around as I wish. When you are staying with others it's hard to just do your own thing.....I also like having time to work on my crafts so don't like to be away from them too long!
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@Humbug25 (12540)
23 Aug 08
Hi there jillhill My friend didn't have a lock on her bathroom door either and that always makes me feel uncomfortable. Cheers
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@palonghorn (5479)
• United States
23 Aug 08
I usually just miss my own home, and surroundings. I also miss my s/o and my dog, since normally roadtrips are made alone to go to my daughter's. I enjoy getting away and seeing my daughter and son-in-law, and I do have my own bedroom there, but it's still nice to get back home. Although I can sleep alone, I sleep much better just knowing he's there with me.
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@Humbug25 (12540)
23 Aug 08
Hi there palonghorn It is always good to get away but it is always nice to get back eh? Cheers
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@valeria1 (2721)
• United States
23 Aug 08
I generally miss my pets if they have to stay and I have to go! Besides that I miss my bed also, sometimes hotels can really disgrace your back, and all my things! When you go travel away from home is like a new temporary home that you did not choose, so you can like a little, maybe if was 5 stars then would be better than home, other than that, I want to stay at my home!
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@Humbug25 (12540)
23 Aug 08
Hi ya valeria1 I take it you can't take your pets with you then? My friend recently took a trip and had to put her dog in kennels which cost her about $300! I think the dog had a better vacation than she did in the end!! Cheers
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• Philippines
23 Aug 08
Well for me i miss my bed too my computer as well coz I do a lot of things here.. Most of all I mis my pets and my mom's cooking... Of course I like being able to enjoy a vacation or sleepovers but at the end of the day you still crave for the comfort of your own home. I love my dog Mac 'coz he really won't sleep until i've come home and unless he's sure that I'm home, he'll wait by the gate. My mom also has dinner prepared for me every time I go home so I'd really miss her cooking... (i'm an only child so she spoils me.. hehe)...
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@Humbug25 (12540)
23 Aug 08
Hi there serenity264 I am an only daughter and my mum still spoils me too and I am 37!! Cheers
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• Philippines
25 Aug 08
I guess mom's are just like that.. lolz
@skenthal (1020)
• Turkey
23 Aug 08
well actually i didnt go holiday this summer , but whenever we go to holidays and when we come back i realize that how valuable my computer is for me , and i mostly miss that all the time, so its like when we get back from holiday i dont sleep that day and spend all my time in front of the computer , even though there is nothing to do , but most of the time there is something to do , i check my mails because i couldnt check at least for 1 week when i go to the holiday , talk to my friends that i have missed. well i dont know computer has a really special place in my life anyway happy mylottings
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@Humbug25 (12540)
23 Aug 08
Hi skenthal Sure I missed the computer but it wasn't the first thing I turned on when I got home it was the kettle!! Cheers
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@hiddenwing (3719)
• China
24 Aug 08
I find some disscusions interesting. I like reading them. Today, I went to my friend's birthday party. When I came back, I couldn't wait to open the computer and read mylot discussions.
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@Humbug25 (12540)
24 Aug 08
Hi there hiddenwing Well I hope you have found this discussion interesting!! Cheers
@calcynic (433)
• United States
23 Aug 08
The food we eat at home is what I can't wait to get back to. While away, restaurant food and take out and stuff like that gets old. Even while visiting friends or relatives, as well meaning as they may be, their cooking, no matter how good, just ain't like ours here at home. We eat what we like, prepared exactly how we like it. Might sound funny, but I can taste the "family" in our homecooking. Gawd, all of a sudden, I'm famished.
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@calcynic (433)
• United States
24 Aug 08
Yeah...Every time I eat there...once a month, tops, I feel like I need to have an EKG.:)
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@Humbug25 (12540)
23 Aug 08
Hi there calcynic I must admit I am pretty sick of McDonald's no matter how convenient it is. The very thought of one right now makes my stomach churn. We hardly ever eat there and I use it as a treat for my kids but we have had 2 in the last week and that is enough to last me a lifetime! Cheers
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@roshand8 (1478)
• Sri Lanka
24 Aug 08
My dogs....i am very glad to see them run right up to me and wagging their tails and rub their faces on me...
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@Humbug25 (12540)
24 Aug 08
Hi roshand8 It sounds like they miss you too. Cheers
@thaMARKER (2503)
• Philippines
23 Aug 08
i just moved into a new city and being away from home is one thing im missing right now but im here to work so i got to be here. i miss my family, they're the only costant friends i have. i also miss some places i used to go there. as i noticed here, it's quite different here. i still like there.
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@Humbug25 (12540)
23 Aug 08
Hi there thaMARKER Well it's always good to miss family and friends then you look forward to seeing them all the more when you do. Cheers
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• United States
23 Aug 08
I just miss my home in general when I am away. I enjoy my visit, where ever I go, but there is no place like my own home. I, too, like my bed. I don't sleep well away from home. I miss my pillow (which I could take with, but always forget). I miss being able to just wander around, doing whatever. I, like pike, turn onto my street and think, "I'm home!"
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@Humbug25 (12540)
23 Aug 08
Hi ya thebohemianheart I know what you mean, it's nice to sleep in your own bed but I guess it is all part of being away from home. Cheers
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@iyah10 (4115)
• Kuwait
24 Aug 08
Oh, when I went for my first day of work and left my Daughter behind in the house with the babysitter I cannot concentrate but this is the life sometimes we need to get up from what we have just to moved on and let the life better........
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@Humbug25 (12540)
25 Aug 08
Hi iyah10 I do hope it wasn't too heart wrenching for you. I went back to work when my first baby was only 6 weeks old and everytime I put my hands near my face I could still smell the disinfectant liquid I had used to sterilize his bottles with that morning and that brought a tear to my eye but I slowly got over it!! Thanks for your response!
@phyrethyme (1267)
• Philippines
24 Aug 08
I miss my high school friends and I am glad to see that they miss me just as much. :D
@Humbug25 (12540)
24 Aug 08
Hi phyrethyme It's great when you back together isn't it? Cheers
• Philippines
24 Aug 08
Yeap. Really great :)
• India
25 Aug 08
i am missing my college life buddy. i just now finished my four year BE course and now i am very much missing my college days and friends
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@Humbug25 (12540)
26 Aug 08
Hi there vinesh_kcm That is a shame you miss your college days and friends but I am sure you will keep in touch with them and it won't be long before you will be re-united again soon!! Thanks for your response
@Sir_bobby88 (8231)
• Singapore
24 Aug 08
Well i do miss my family a lot , i only get to see them once per weekend yea . it been a long time i had been in mylot.
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@Humbug25 (12540)
24 Aug 08
Hi ya Sir_bobby88 Welcome back to myLot! I think a lot of people miss their families! Cheers
@gemini_rose (16264)
23 Aug 08
To tell you the truth, when I go away I do not miss a thing! In fact if we are in our usual holiday haunt then I never want to come home. We only go away about once a year and never go anywhere really apart from that week but I can honestly say that there is not one thing that I miss or want to get back to see.
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@Humbug25 (12540)
23 Aug 08
Hi there gemini_rose That's a good thing! I can't imagine anything worse than being on holiday wishing it away because you miss something at home especially if you don't get the chance very often! Cheers
24 Aug 08
Hi Humbug, When I go away which is not often, I would apart from Mylot is my two cats because when I come my cats miss me too because they ignore me for a while before they come round again and ofcourse my bed. Tamara
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@Humbug25 (12540)
24 Aug 08
Hi ya tamarafireheart Awww that is nice to know that your cats missed you too eh? Cheers
@shamzy18 (2316)
23 Aug 08
hi well my sister and my mum have gone on holiday and they have been gone for about 2 weeks now and still not back!! i miss my mum cooking me things i miss my little annoying sister
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@Humbug25 (12540)
23 Aug 08
Hi shamzy18 Awwww you poor thing. You miss your mum and annoying sister and you haven't even gone anywhere!! Chin up, I am sure they will home soon! Cheers
• Philippines
24 Aug 08
in really miss my place when i was a youngster,,but everything was changed since we left it,,mm.an di feel sad,m,m,
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@Humbug25 (12540)
24 Aug 08
Hi there muneyuki04 Sorry to hear you miss your place so much. Cheers
• Philippines
24 Aug 08
I just missed the house and especially my bed and my blanket. I missed cooking also because I loved to cook.
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@Humbug25 (12540)
24 Aug 08
Hi angeliclovey You miss quite a lot of things then eh? Cheers