foodie friends are the best of friends

It is so nice to be home even though there is a mountain of things I've been avoiding while on "sabbatical".. Even though I still don't know what I'm up to or what's next.. I can say that I have missed my friends terribly and it is so very nice having a kitchen again.  I have missed having a stove, pots and pans, a refrigerator of my own, cabinets full of spices and other goodies.  I've even missed the mountain of dishes that get created when cooking.