I miss Sanibel... BLOG

Current mood:  nostalgic

 So it's been two weeks since coming home from 'paradise' and I still can't get over that place!  I miss being there so much...I miss being on vacation from work, waking up to the warm sun EVERY morning. I missed actually sitting down to meals with a family...breakfast and dinner eating on the patio, looking out at the palm trees and the beach, hearing the waves against the shore.  I miss sitting out on the beach, tanning, the smell of the sun-tan lotion, reading, listening to music and hanging out with my cousin....floating around in the warm, bluuuuuue ocean water or sitting in the waves/walking the beach in search of the 'perfect' shells.  I miss the gorgeous sunset on Captiva, the way the palm trees sillohetted themselves across the pinks, peaches, and oranges of the sky and setting sun and getting to stand out on the beach with my cousins, wiggling my toes into the still-warm sand underneath that cool top layer.  I miss cheering on our hermit crabs at the NASCRAB racing and watching Nate figure out how to play a kazoo faster than most of the adults there!  I miss going out for blizzards and 'cherry dip' at DQ, eating the best shrimp sandwich at the Island Cow, watching Chris's 10 minutes in Heaven as he ate his prized Coconut fried Grouper sandwich.  I miss me and Jenn's early morning walks and all the friendly people who smiled and said hello as they passed along on the path. I miss laying out by the pool in the sun surrounded by blue sky, palm trees and the reddest Hybiscus flowers I have ever seen...playing with Dom and Nate in the water.  I miss the walk through 'the Ding'...watching Dom and Nate taking turns riding on Chris's shoulders, and the crow flying into the car as we stood around a screamed! I miss the beautiful beaches we went to, feeling so relaxed for the first time in FOREVER, almost forgetting about all the things I had to come back to that being at home made me miserable just thinking about. I miss the feeling I got seeing everything for the first time after I had heard Jenn talk about the places on the Island that they go every year, the feeling that I got being a part of something, included in a vacation I knew I didn't have to be invited to go along on, but I was and I am SOOOOO grateful that I got that chance.  I loved spending the week with my cousins.  There really IS no way to get back to normal life after being to a place like Sanibel Island..I wish we were back there right now!

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