I went to my cuzins wedding in Reno, NV. They live in Sacramento, CA but they got married at the Arch of Reno Wedding Chapel in Reno, NV. They are having a wedding reception in Sacramento next Saturday. We are not going to the reception so we decided to go to the wedding in Reno, NV.
I use to live in Carson City so I’m very familiar with Reno, NV; its just down the road about 30-40 miles. As we drove to our hotel I asked DH what was the temperature suppose to be in Reno. He said 67 degrees. As I looked at snow flurries falling from the sky that turned into your everyday snow; I said “no, you can’t have snow with 67 degrees it has to be at least 32degrees.” Reno had one its earliest snows. Did I bring it? I think I may have, AND I (coming in from da sweatiest city) brought da wrong kine jacket. At least I had mittens in my jacket pocket and I did bring a scarf. It was freezing. Pretty and cold. I had forgotten about the wind and the wind chill factor. Just makes me wanna go shishi, I swear. But I survived. OMG clean air. Reno has great air quality as compared to dryheat Phoenix.
Oh the wedding. I saw my cousins that I haven’t seen forever. The last time I saw them they were in High School and I’m told this year they will be 40. How did that happen. My cousin looks 20ish and so I’m thinking its a family trait so we must thank our Grandma for that. My Unco & NT came from Kauai. Is it Kauai people or my ohana, I think its Kauai people in general, dey just funny. Anden me and my cousin both wore lavendar/purple-ish tops and I said, “Oh you got da memo?” My NT was “ha’come you guys neva tell me, Kauai hah, purple!” I was telling my NT, “eh Eleele get McDonalds hah now?” She’s like “eh we even get one traffic light.” Anden my Unco was like “hooo you no can turn left you know coming out from my house, plenny traffic dey have to put traffic light fo’us next.” Dey live Hanapepe Hights? I think dats what its called
My other cousins I had not since they were JrHi I think and I wondered if they remembered me. Vague memories no doubt and sad ones cause da last time I saw them their Mom & Dad were both alive and both have been gone for a few years now. One of my cousins, we’ve always called Tootsiepop. So I asked him “hey J do people still call you Tootsiepop.” His eyes got big, he says “last night, NT kept calling me that I was trying to tell her nobody has called me that since I was 5yrs old.” Me & my other cuz look at each ada. NOT. My NT has always called him Tootsiepop, she didn’t stop when he was five. We just laughed at all the hanabuddah stories.
Once upon a time ohana all lived in the same area yeah or at least da same state. But dese days everyone is scattered around the world. As cousins we have tried to keep in touch but its sad that these days its mostly funerals or weddings that bring us together.
With that said, us was all asking, oh where this cuzin or that. Well there’s one story somebody heard and somebody heard another story so we were trying to put the stories together. Well there’s a part missing and one cuzin is like “you go try find out.” And I said so “my mission is find out dakine?” My ada cuzin was like, “Ok Ms.CSI!” We were all juss cracking up. Once upon a time we use to all be at my Grandma’s house running around the yard, inside the house and getting chased out. Those kinds of days are gone yeah. I asked my NT; Grandma’s house still stay deya? “No moe awreddy long time. Get coffee fields.” Not like befoe! Progress yeah. A different age of Hawaii.
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