It's true what they say about island fever: it's unavoidable. It's only been about 7.5 months since I've been on the mainland, but I'm itching for some east coast action. It's not that I really feel physically isolated on O'ahu - I mean, it's a pretty decent sized island that has everything you could possibly want/need. I think it's more or less dealing with the time difference between here and the east coast (i.e., home) that makes it feel more isolating. When I'm up at night, ready to chat to my family and friends back home, they're pretty much all sleeping already. For instance, it's only 8:30 p.m. here right now, making it 2:30 a.m. back home. In some ways, I feel like I'm living in a different world sometimes.
So in a little less than a month I will be getting on a plane and flying into D.C. where I will be meeting up with one of my good friends from RSMAS (Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science for those of you who never knew what the acronym stood for all these years). I'll only be in D.C. for one night and part of the following day, but I really hope to make the most of my time there. I'm REALLY hoping that one of our other amazing friends (you know who you are) will be able to make it down from NY to have a girl's night/mini-RSMAS reunion. I'm so excited!
Then, from D.C. I'll be taking the train into Baltimore, Maryland for a couple of days to meet up with my family to attend one of my cousin's wedding. We have a big family on our Moms' side; 7 aunts and uncles and a whopping 15 first cousins (16 total grandkids for my grandma who is still a spitfire well into her 80's). So needless to say, this wedding is guaranteed to be crazy fun. So I'm exceedingly happy that not only am I able to go home to visit, but I'll get to spend time with most of my entire family in the process. Not to mention, celebrating another one of us grandkids tying the knot!
After wedding festivities in Baltimore, I'll finally fly home to south Florida for a week. While most of my friends have dispersed from Florida to pursue new chapters in their lives, there are a few people that I'm so looking forward to seeing again. Of course, that includes my yenta (and a couple of shiksa) mamas from Dermatology... as well my previous grad school advisers, and a couple of other true gems still in Miami that will always be in my heart, regardless of distance or how often we talk. Oh, and did I mention I'm going to LaBamba II at least 3 times, getting a Publix sub, pizza from Pizza Time, maybe a froyo at The Walk... yeah... I REALLY love food.
Anyway, those are my plans. If you happen to be in south Florida at the same time as me (between September 12-18) please fill up my time so I don't gain a thousand pounds from all the eating I plan on doing! Counting down the days...
Aloha nui loa my friends,
Chelsey
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