Not Goodbye…
- on 07.29.09
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…aloha.
In case you are one of the rare readers of this blog that isn’t a close friend or a member of my family, we’re moving!
Today!
We’re leaving the old apartment in less than 4 hours, so this is my last blog post from the Aloha State. Our year here has been amazing, but the crushing economic realities of our time have been brought fully to bear on Heather and I. It’s pretty shattering to have to leave so soon after we got here, but we know that we can come back, and we fully intend to. Everybody needs doctors.
Lately we’ve had some amazing (and dubious) adventures, which you can read all about on Heather’s blog. I find Hawaii is a much easier place to describe with pictures than words. Whether it is my inability to write descriptively or a lack of frame of reference on the part of the reader, I don’t know. I guess the best thing would be for all of you to pack up and move to Hawaii for a year. I recommend it wholeheartedly.
One thing I have learned over the last few months is that Heather and I are nomads, and we’re not ready to settle down anywhere yet, even here in Paradise. Packing up and selling everything we own is stressful, for sure, but it’s also exciting and cathartic. People own so much that they don’t need or use or even own they have, and we’re just as guilty as anyone. As long as we keep moving, though, we’ll stay streamlined, and efficient. Add that to the already apt adjectives describing the Armes family like dynamic, vivacious, and roguishly handsome (that’s probably just for me, though) and you have quite the couple.
And as for us, the next step is New Mexico. We’ll be there in 24 hours, and moved into our new place in less than a week. While I’ll be hearthurt for sure to be leaving here, all the green chiles IN THE WORLD should make a potent salve. If not, then at least we can finally get a dog like a real family! So, puppy pictures. At that point everyone wins. Hell, even having real furniture like a computer desk should mean more regular blog posts.
I’m thinking about trying to turn this into a Duke City foodie photoblog, so there may be some growing pains, but stick with it. If not, there’s always twitter…
Aloha, everybody. See you on the other side.








