The dichotomy at the Maui airport is striking. People getting off planes, bubbly and thrilled to be on vacation, and a sullen-looking group sitting quietly at the departure gates waiting to go home. Even the relaxed restroom picture stick people seem to be mocking you.
While walking along I noticed that a local gynecologist had set up shop in the terminal:
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| "What on Earth is going on in there?!!!" |
Better yet, it was the mens room:
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| "Okay, now I'm REALLY confused." |
The flight home was quiet. But it brings you back to what really makes your family whole again.
And that's the way it is. Aloha!
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I'm already worrying about leaving my dogs in a kennel during my next vacation. I know they don't really care (they are "real" dogs and the kennel is awesome) but I feel guilty. Sigh.
To those arriving at the airport in Maui: "Fui quod es, eris quod sum."
Sorry you had to come back to reality. I hate when that happens.
If it were not for my dog who waits patiently for my return, and the anticipation of the joyous reunion when I retrieve her from my pet sitter, I probably wouldn't come back from vacation.
So would it spoil your vacation if the dog kennel called you to tell you your dog had died ? It happened to us one year. I quite unabashedly wept in the middle of a street in a busy commercial district, as we hugged in tears. Homecoming to the dog , even from a day at work is special.
The comment about the dichotomy of arrivals and departure reminded me of a trip I had to make during Christmas season one year back home to Anchorage Alaska. Lining up to catch a return flight back to the Lower '48 I thought I had never seen so many people in departures in wheelchairs or gimpy in crutches.
Yes, the memory of a dog's little welcoming bark, or sound of a tail thumping, brings it all back at how much I miss my little sweetie.
I believe a "Do Not Disturb" sign
should have accompanied "Female
Cleaning in Progress. I mean, don't you think?
Well, if it makes you feel better, lava is about to wipe out a town on the Big Island of Hawaii.
Sigh, just left Big Island and I agree with the sullen departure group. It was -17C when we arrived back home; -25 at night. (once you're in the -20s, the Cs and Fs are similar, so no need to convert).
PS Volcano was ok. The lava burned one house last I checked, and the whole town/road is closed. The rest of the island is stunning and gorgeous as always.
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