old friends

i woke my computer up a few minutes ago to find "poe18_2000 - Instant Message" flashing in my task bar. no joke, my heart skipped a beat. and then he typed "hey baby" and i think it stopped beating altogether. i just spent 4 hours on the phone with lori last night, filling her in on all our hawaii adventures.. and it made me remember how in love (used loosely :D) i was with rodney and brock. and here he is all of a sudden, chatting with me all the way from iraq =/ makes me smile and makes me sad all at the same time. he said it was hot and i joked about him getting a tan, but he said they have to wear "full battle gear" all the time. SIGH. i want them to come home and be.safe already! they should be back by jan21.. only 4 more months!

needless to say, i'm feeling really happy right now :D
at least we know they're safe.

so lori was telling me about new york last night. she said the same thing you did nel! that there's just something about it that makes you wanna stay forever. i'd LOVE to go. in fact... i'm going next year. i've decided. as fulfilling as my USA experience has been already, i don't think it'll be complete until i see new york. WHO'S COMING?

as for living there.. i don't know about that. i don't think i'm tough enough. hello, i'm having enough trouble standing up for myself in laid back california. people here are much more in your face, and just plain rude.. and i've still got this inherent need to be polite at all times (i'm a true sydney girl).. so i don't know how i'd handle actually living in new york.

hawaii though.. aside from san jose, that's probably where i feel most at home in this country. i agree nix - its the laid back feeling there. life seems breezy over there hehe. and not to mention the beach just down the street!

you know where i couldn't live? canada. toronto to be exact. not that its not livable.. but its not different enough to sydney to warrant me ever wanting to change my place of residence for it.

awww maunawili memories! that was such a great day! as hesitant as i was about it the night before at moose's, i'm soooo glad we did it! don't know if i'd ever do it again in australia though. nix did you tell your workmates about maunawili?

the long weekend.. i think it might be for labor day? i dunno. its been extremely boring though. all i've managed to do is spend all my money, watch like half a dawson's creek season, and blog a whole lot.

and the latino with nice eyes.. ehehehhe. yeeeeeh, that makes me smile.