Back to Reality

I'm sitting in my mom's house getting ready to catch my train back down to Eugene. The train will be the final leg on a three leg journey that's taken me from Maui to San Francisco and finally to Portland. It is taking a long time and frankly, I wouldn't mind if I never got there. See, I'm still not done with my final project for architecture and time is fast running out. I'll figure something out, I know this. But it isn't going to be easy, I know this too. But I won't worry about that right now.

Hawaii was really pretty and I got used to walking around in shorts and flip flops quite quickly. We stayed in this condo building that was basically right on the beach. We were so close that I could take close up videos of people walking along the beach. Video cameras are the best tool for stalking...anyway, so it was warm, and hot even. It was mostly sunny. The ocean was warm. People were dressed in very little. But where we were staying is more of an old person place. It wasn't like how you imagine with all these hot young people glistening in the sun. Don't get me wrong, there were lots of people glistening in the sun but they tended to be either OLD or YOUNG. So in other words, it was a family kind of a place, which was perfect for our family. There were nine of us on the trip (there are still eight there) and two older people, three medium people, two people my age, and two little little kids. The little little kids were probably the highlight of my trip. They are my cousins, both born this side of the year 2000. They are products of the new millenium, the world of the future. My smaller cousin (she's two) likes to talk about the time they went to the zoo and that the "elephant go poopoo!" She says it with evident delight and when people laugh she keeps saying it louder. It was the best thing I heard on the day that I heard it. First of all, I get much delight from seeing a happy two year old, add onto that the hilariousness of the word "poopoo" and you get a memorable moment.

Unfortunately, though, due to my school schedule, I had to take a short trip. When I got there, everyone else had been there for days, and when I left, they still had days. That's ok, I guess. I got a taste of life without the pressures of school and I loved it. It wasn't enough to make me question my place in school but it certainly was enough to make me really antsy for this term to be over and the three weeks of break that follow.

And now, time to get ready for round three of travel.