Blog Every Day in May Day Twelve: What I Miss

We've now reached day twelve of the May blogging challenge, and today's topic is 'what do you miss? (A person, a place, a thing, a time of your life...'

Well, in my current situation, I've come to miss many things. On a good day I spend twenty two or twenty three hours in bed; on an average day, I only manage to leave bed to use the bathroom and possibly get dressed. As you can imagine, my injuries have put limitations on what I can actually do, on where I can go, and who I can see; so I do miss so many of the good things from my past.

I miss...
Friends and Family
-I miss my best friend, Angela. I hate that we don't live in the same place these days. -I miss my good friends and concert buddies Jacky, Ros, and Carol. -I miss my bunnies, Tigerlily and Honey, who both died over the last thirteen months. -I miss my sister's dog, Holly, who recently died from cancer.  -I miss my Grandad who died of lung cancer when I was eleven.
Places and Travel
-I miss New York. It's such an incredible city, and I've made so many great memories there. -I miss a Cornish town called Perranporth, and the beautiful beaches there. I've been holidaying there since I was a baby, -I miss the sea. I miss standing in the surf and feeling the force of the waves, and the pull of the tides around my legs. I miss body-boarding, and the smell of salt-water on my skin. -I miss holidaying in La Palmyre in France. Those holidays were so chilled. -I miss days out to London, which I used to do a few times a year. We'd catch a concert or a show, shop, sight-see, go out for a meal or a couple of cocktails, and/or occasionally go to a museum or other attraction. -I miss being able to jump on a train, plane, or bus, and travel across the country / UK to meet up with friends, or go to concerts miles from home. I used to do that a lot.
Fun Things/Entertainment
-I miss being able to go to concerts. More than anything. It's one of my favourite things to do in the world. -I miss going to the cinema. -I miss going to the theatre to see a musical. -I miss being able to go shopping (for more than ten minutes at a time). -I miss being able to go to the hairdresser's to get my hair cut.
Old Times
-I miss the days I studied animal care at college. -I miss working with animals. -I miss the nineties. Everything was awesome. -I miss recording songs from the Top 40 on to cassettes in the nineties. Who's with me? -I miss the days when I was young and care free, and my biggest worry was which Crayola crayon to use. -I miss how fun it was to be an eleven / twelve year old girl in the nineties obsessed with a boyband, boys, and make up.
Little Things I Used to Take For Granted
-I miss having a life. -I miss being active and mobile. -I miss the days when I wasn't bed-bound all the time. -I miss being pain-free. -I miss the days when I didn't have to take painkillers around the clock, that don't even work. -I miss being able to walk ordinary distances, or even just a couple of steps without being overcome with unbearable pain which makes me want to pass out. -I miss being able to do ordinary things like leave the house alone, cook/bake, sit in a chair comfortably, take a bath (I can only shower), use public transport, carry my own bags... -I miss being able to write without shaking hands. -I miss being able to sleep at night. -I miss being able to wake up early in the morning to make the most of the day. I was always an early-riser before the injuries. -I miss working full time. -I miss being able to spend frivolously without thinking. -I miss wearing shoes that aren't flip flops or thong-shaped sandals.
I miss all of these things, but I'm also thankful that they are all a part of my past, some still a part of my present, and most will be a part of my life again in the future. It's just a matter of time, recovery, and persistence. 
You know what I don't miss? The old me.
What do you miss?