It is July 18th, and 54 degrees in Seattle. Residents are beside themselves with excitement that it is expected to break 70 today. I know I should be grateful, considering the heat waves wilting the rest of the country, but I find this depressing. I miss Hawaii!
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Look at our old house, with its never-ending profusion of plants! (Forget about how I cursed those plants and declared them evil when it was time to do yardwork.) Look at me, blithely sipping a Cosmopolitan in my sleeveless dress, which I probably had accessorized with rubber slippers, and wore year-round--without a cardigan, I might add. I’ve had to wear a Mom-like cardigan over all of the cute maternity tank tops I foolishly bought on the one warm day we’ve had so far this summer. Look at my hair, so curly and shiny in the tropical humidity. Look at my face, before 3 years of teaching etched a deep worry line between my eyes.
Yes, if we lived in Hawaii, I would forever be 28 years old, drinking a never-ending cocktail, and I wouldn’t have to spend the entire day studying for a chemistry midterm and watching YouTube videos about valence electrons.
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