Now I live in Hawaii again. My life here feels like one big, long recess on a tropical playground in paradise~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Except...
Nikolai is still on the mainland, waiting many months until he can clear the stupid quarantine.
I think about him all the time and it makes me sad. Constantly reminding myself of the positives to balance this feeling of loss.
And...
It's the hottest time of the year...Sept., Oct., Nov. I'm soaked all the time.
And...
The sky rocketing housing prices of the last 6 years, which haven't affected me for these same 6 years, are now trying to eat my head.
BUT...
Karen is overly generous with her house, saying its mine and making me feel extremely welcome and going so far as to say my being here makes her life better.
And...
Gloria is happily opening her house to me and calling her guest house, MY room, and leaving messages on my phone saying "come home!"
These aside...
My life here is just SO DAMN GREAT!
Tonight I went with Cheryl to see the new Waikiki show, "Waikiki Nei", to see what we think of it because she has been offered the job of "fixing" it. I went with an open mind. I wanted to love it. I watched it. I fell asleep once, for real. I hated it. And I LOVE EVERYTHING! My only comment, after, was, "start over". I just can't believe how bad it was. It cost $22 million.
ANd...
Now, on a daily basis, I go to Gloria's, put on my bibbed overalls, and garden all day! And when I need a break, I go down to her new house and have a latte, which she makes me from the machine built into the wall! And she only uses Thanksgiving coffee, from MENDOCINO! So it feels EXACTLY like a day in the country, which were some of my favorite of my life.
Um...
I am having one of the best lives ever recorded on this planet.
I wonder how I will die?
But no matter... its either going to be a big long, long, long sleep forever... or another adventure.