Packing Uggs for Hawaii
Clothes are all over my floor, piled up on my yoga mat and oh, a pair of dark brown Uggs I salvaged from the kitchen closet yesterday. Like you, I’m puzzled as to how I still own a pair of Uggs. But yesterday when my friend Diana and I purged 80% of my clothes and I donated all my heels, I kept the Uggs. Sometimes I wear them to Safeway when I’m having a really bad day, and maybe I’ll have bad days ahead…even in Hawaii.
This is how my mind has been tracing off the past few weeks since I bought a one way ticket to Oahu. People keep on asking me if I’m excited about it, but the answer that I’m just looking forward to getting the move over and done with. The hardest part was deciding to take the leap. Once the choice is made, there’s nothing left to do but to be brave and follow through. Like they say, you’re always only one decision away from living a completely different life, and I can’t believe I’m still doing this shit.
Then there’s the boy. Remember when I met him and asked myself, how far would I go for love? Well apparently, very, very far. About 2500 miles far. He never left my mind no matter where I went afterwards, and when I returned from Cuba he asked if he could stay there (in my mind, not Cuba.) I guess when you get older, you can recognize a good thing when you see it and following your heart becomes less crazy and more socially acceptable. He’s a good thing, and so I’ll move mountains. God, it hasn’t quick nor easy, but I can’t imagine anyone else I’d rather be going through this with. No great adventure is quite complete without a love story, right? Not mine, anyhow. The other day I was close to tears as he patiently tried to reason me out of packing up all my pillows to Hawaii (I have eight big ones I neeeeeeeeed). I’m thinking about it now…I was insane but he kept a straight face the entire time. Maybe that’s the kind of man a woman like me needs.
What does Hawaii have in store for me? Hopefully a meaningful job I’ll love, lots of water sports, new friends, pineapples, and of course, love. When I ask my friends to visit, I mean it with all my heart. And hopefully you won’t find me at Safeway in my Uggs.
