Jan 09 2009
in which I give in to some nostalgia
My sister’s in Hawaii right now with her boyfriend (…of four months. I’m just not going to get into how dumb this is because that’s not the point of this post). I’m jealous, of course, largely because it’s -15° right now and it’s not even pretty anymore because a stiff wind last night blew all the hoarfrost off the trees. Over there it’s been in the 70s and 80s, of course, and she’s got pictures up on Facebook hanging out at the beach and all.
Funny thing is that I didn’t start feeling nostalgic over it until today, when I was at the base hospital and saw a yellow tang in the pediatric office’s aquarium. Never mind the fact that it’s an incredibly popular aquarium fish; I immediately associate it with snorkeling in Hawaii, because they’re also hugely common there. Something inside me kind of went “Awww, I miss that…” And I actually didn’t even enjoy snorkeling that much because it was a big hassle getting ready, my mask always managed to leak, and my snorkel often made my whole mouth ache.
