Tuesday, 8 February 2011

Mahalo

Things I will miss:

  • the farm cat
  • driving the gator
  • turduckens
  • coffee
  • garden eating
  • stars (and sleeping under them)
  • geckos
  • chameleons
  • Mark Cocucci
  • Kelis
  • the view from the toilet/kitchen/cabin
  • the horizon 
  • volcanoes
  • possibility  
  • the potential for seeing a whale leap about at any given moment
  • quietness 
  • a sense of purpose
  • Albert
  • manual labour
  • the fire pit (that Josh mostle built)
  • the sun
  • suncream
  • handsaws
  • the beach
  • fishes
  • banana trees 
  • intrigue
  • excitement
  • exercise
  • cows

Things I will not miss

  • Spiders
  • spiders
  • spider webs
  • fuzzy hair
  • fuzzy hair full of spider webs
  • monsoons (I have been trying to think of that word since the monsoon)
  • catfood
  • flies
  • cockroaches
  • goose shit
  • geese (they are noisy and rude although admittedly hilarious)
  • roosters and their sense of timing (early)
  • food that's full of sugar
  • lack of toaster
  • lack of sarcasm
  • lack of bars in walking distance
  • going to bed at 8pm
  • getting up at 6.30am
  • popping ears
  • insect repellent 
  • long silences
  • whales
  • dirt
  • hard work on a hangover 
  • THAT hangover
  • that story
  • superbowl sunday
  • screaming like a girl
  • banging my shins
  • cutting my fingers
  • itching
  • mosquito bites and their subsequent infections
  • plastic sheets
  • bubba gumps
  • shit reggae
  • shit pop
  • shit internet
  • chickens and their cannibalism
  • coffee tree mites
  • outdoor toilets 
  • unfathomable darkness
  • realising I'm scared of the dark (I know right?!)
  • being scared of everything
  • being confronted daily by the fact that I am a city girl from top to toe
  • work gloves and the weird tan lines they give you
  • crab spiders, garden spiders, spiders as big as my face (tried and tested)
  • spiders

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