Good feelings gone....

You know the scene in Finding Nemo where Dori & Marlin are following this light & Marlin is happy, when he shouldn't be happy and then all of the sudden this scary fish jumps out at them?.....yeah, that about sums up how it feels to come back to the mainland. Don't get me wrong, I missed my kids & wanted to come home to them. HOWEVER, St. George seems to be the exact opposite of Hawaii...dry heat vs. humidity (my feet were loving the big island), vacation vs. reality (can you say laundry?), high maintenance living vs. who cares what you look like when you go to the store attitude, beautiful plants & flowers that grow everywhere vs. plants that look like they are DYING for a drink of water, oh and last but not least.....feeling like your rich vs. coming home & finding out that really, you are not! I made a valiant effort to bring a little island love back home, the kids & I a put on our suits & went out to play in the pool. An hour later, I had to give it up & go start crossing things off the list. Good feeling is gone....indeed!!
I just have to share one of my favorite moments though. We went to church on Sunday & enjoyed a wonderful sacrament meeting. Did you know that they have a lei specialist that makes them for all of the visitors? Anyway, after sacrament meeting, they announced that one of their members was moving back to the mainland, they had him come to the pulpit & everyone stood up & sang Aloha Oe to him. Everyone was really into it & the man just stood there & cried. Dale wanted to move there immediately, he loved the brotherhood that they seemed to have for one another.
Well I am back home....& yes, it really is home. I love the desert, I love the desert, I love the desert.....