Tag Archives: living in hawaii
I’m back! New perspectives.
It’s been awhile. I let myself have a long break, I needed it, there has been a lot going on. Plus my computer screen was broken, and took awhile to remedy. Let me bring you up to speed. My job … Continue reading
A year in paradise
Its been almost a year since we packed up and left California behind to come to beautiful Hawaii. This has been a year of self reflection for me. I have had to confront truths that I’ve been pretending not to … Continue reading
Prioritizing Motivation and Embracing Neglect
I have neglected this blog in a way I had sincerely hoped I wouldn’t. I have had a lot going on in life recently, I have been, frankly, exhausted. My writing energy has gone to writing letters to some I … Continue reading
As always, I am a bit behind. New years reflections.
Yeah yeah, I know, we have been in the new year for a few days now. I am kind of glad that 2013 is over. It was a long year. I spent the majority of it un- or unsatisfactorily employed. … Continue reading
The faces on the wall
Someone in our condo complex keeps up with Honolulu Crimestoppers and posts the unsolved crimes in the neighborhood on the wall by the mailboxes. There has been one poster up since may, a week after we moved in, showing a … Continue reading
A minor catharsis brought on by listening in on the conversations of strangers
Sometimes, if I find myself alone with a free evening, I go to get dinner and a beer at the cafeteria at a local Asian cafeteria. Today being Friday, it was crowded with people drawn in by really cheap but … Continue reading
stress dreams about my own armpits
I had an odd dream last night, I went to the Honolulu Partners in Care meeting, but once I got there I realized I had not shaved my armpits, and had several inches of hair emerging from my sleeveless dress. … Continue reading
adapting
I am finding my manner of speaking changing to using more local terms and mannerisms. I have always secretly judged people who change their accent or mimic others’ accents/mannerisms depending on who they speak to or where they are. It … Continue reading
The time passes anyway
We have now been in Hawaii six months, almost as long as we were in California. This is crazy, because I felt like I had settled into California life, despite not landing a decent job only weeks before we decided … Continue reading
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