Early Winter Woes

Aloha and Bula!

As you can probably see from the greeting, I am missing not only my temporary Hawaiian home but also my native and first Fijian home. Gosh all I can think about these past several weeks is how much I miss the beach and being able to walk everywhere in slippers and shorts. I miss the sticky feeling you get from the humidity just 10 minutes after you shower. I miss the freak-rainfalls and the rain-baths. I miss the Food. I miss mangoes, watermelon, bananas, pineapples and definitely the long loaf. Cream buns and cheese buns are close behind on that list.

But to be really honest, I miss my family, my sisters, my brothers and my parents. I never realized how living in the middle of nowhere, no ocean, no beach and no family could bring on this homesick feeling. I guess the excitement has worn off and reality has set in and we now have a mundane schedule...so naturally the thoughts of my family would fill the gaps of my day. Of course there is another piece of bigs news that Michael and I have that fill up my thoughts as well, but when Michael is busy with other things or at work and I am alone flipping through channels or trying to rest, my thoughts turn to the islands; back to my roots. I have been sneaky in trying to find ways to get back home...none of them have been successful but soon!!! "One day Mafatu"

In all this homesickness the weather has been filled with cold winds, cloudy skies, and rain/snow. Thus my title "early winter woes". Ha ha I blame pregnancy hormones for the food cravings and the over emotional reaction to the winter. Oh yeah that's our big news!!! Ha ha we are expecting a baby to be joining us live and direct next June :) A little baby boy or girl will add to the Peak Ohana, it is exciting and scary all at the same time.

Another thing bringing on some tears are the small posts I see on my news feed for my sisters. All the farewells saying good bye to my family as they gracefully exit the islands of Fiji. It's just sad news and sad news makes me sad. Anyway, so I'll just say Winter is not off to a good start but, now that I am done complaining, tomorrow is Stake Conference so maybe some enlightenment will bring a brighter week.

Peace out,
Mabs