Favorite things...for now

I'm sure these lists will get longer, but here's what I have for now:

Things I miss about the US:
1) Civilized water fountains. These European water fountains are nothing but pipes in the ground. I don't want to have to bend my head and drink from beneath a pipe. I prefer my tap water hitting my lips at a sophisticated 45 degree angle.

2) Efficiency

3) The concept of "customer service"

4) Being able to do anything productive at any time. They say it stresses you out less to have everything closed at the times when it would make the most sense for them to be open (e.g. weekends, 4PM), but it stresses me out MORE. You see, my mind is like a huge desk covered with post-its that tell me the next thing that has to get done, e.g. "go to the grocery store," or "go to Vodafone for (literally) the tenth time to resolve the same issue." If I can't get things done in a timely, regular way, they just build up and it stresses me out to think of the piles of things yet to be taken care of!
4) Speaking the same language as those around me. I know this one is a no-brainer, but there it is. Everywhere I go, I have to try to map out my side of any likely interaction and also brainstorm any likely snags or questions that might be thrown at me. Tiring, to say the least.

Things I'll miss about Pais Vasco:
1) Kind of goes without saying, but the FOOD and the DRINKS. Mosto, pika, setas, pimientos, tortilla, pastelitas, OH MY GOD YES.

2) The landscape. I adore the mountains! I hate the rain, but it makes the grass and the trees that cover the mountains look really verdant and alive, which is a nice side effect. I still have a hard time believing they're real, having lived in Florida for so long. It's started getting cold enough that you can see snow on the tops of the highest mountains in Amorebieta, which makes me more than a little giddy for some reason.

3) The 80s music on the radio. I've heard Roxette, Madonna, The Police, The Bangles ("Walk Like an Egyptian" and "Eternal Flame"), Whitney Houston, and much more. I could do without the bad 90s music, though. I'd rather not visit the dark place where the greatest hits of Vanilla Ice and Shania Twain went to die.