Did you know that Aloha means hello, goodbye, and I love you, among other things? It's a very versatile word, that one.
I am back from Hawaii, tanned, rested, and with a whole new appreciation for my family. I haven't been out there in seven years, so it was interesting to see all the changes, including those in myself.
The trip started out on a somber note, as we attended a funeral on the first day there. It was really heart-wrenching and just plain tough. I know those kinds of things aren't supposed to be easy to get through, but at one point they played "Over the Rainbow" by Iz, and I just fell apart crying on my mother's shoulder.
By the end of the day, we found ourselves at a bar with the mother and a lot of other family, and it seemed like life would go on. I am constantly humbled by the strength and wisdom of mothers, and as I watched and listened to everyone, I felt like I was learning a lot about what it is to be human.
The rest of the vacation was just plain fun. I goofed around like it was my job, constantly cracking jokes or confessing things the Muppets in my brain had cooked up. I had a blast, and we saw and did all kinds of awesome things.
I wish I could say more coherent and interesting things on the subject, but I am ferociously jet-lagged, so I don't want to babble sloppily in summation. If that sounds like a cop-out, it is. I've resolved the last bit of drama related to this semester (more on that soon), so now I really really want to go back to sleep for a bit. (Or write the article I owe a professor ASAP.)
Something about nine hours trying to sleep in an airplane seat over a red-eye flight, never fully catching up on rest, and attempting to operate on a five-hour time difference is kicking my ass. I never have trouble with jet-lag flying west to east, but man, east to west kills me.
Thankfully (or not), Eric is on a sympathetically disastrous sleep schedule, and he is enjoying his new favorite past-time of trouncing me at Scrabble on Facebook.
I have a class tonight, for which I must approximate functionality, then less than 12 hours later I start my job. We'll talk about all this stuff soon, I promise.
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