Ua pili anei keia 'ohune i ke komo hawele li a me ka holo wawae ma kahakai?

This was a good weekend, though a bit overshadowed. We have been back from Hawaii for a couple weeks now and it seems that I am just as buried with work as when I first came back. I have been meaning to write about our trip since we got back. But alas, I have come back to a schedule filled for the next two months. What is even more discouraging is that my vacation for May has now been postponed due to meetings that were scheduled in my absence. Funny, take vacation and then get screwed out of another one. Oh well, just means I get it later. However the past two weekends have been spent working. This weekend was beautiful and the last thing I wanted to do was to stay in the house on the laptop. So I just packed it up and sat at the coffee shop and worked. At least I could be outside and watch all the activity!











After a couple afternoons of hitting Hulas for Mai Tais and hitting the local karaoke bar, we met up with some guys from Seattle. They were a blast and graciously took us under their wing and let us hang with them. Turns out two of them now live in Denver and flew out to meet the group. It was cool to meet another couple from home and even met up again with them Sunday for brunch.
One of the cool things about Hulas is that you never know who you might see. The first year we were there, Carol Channing walked into the bar. This time I looked up and spied a fellow blogger I use to read all the time till the bitch took his blog down. Daigle, I would have said hello, but you and your other half were looking pretty busy! Anyway I was being hogtied and hauled off to Angels. You are a little hottie!

There is just something fun of being with a group there and just cutting loose. Last year we took some friends of ours with us for the trip and that was a hoot. This time was mellower since we still had a lot of time to ourselves, which was nice. Lately we don't get much time together with our schedules being as they are, so this week was well deserved. One of the best parts of the trip was just soaking up the rays on the beach knowing that back home was having another big winter storm. I swear I could live there. Now if I can only find a job there. Ironically K’s company will be opening a location there in the next couple years and we have actually talked about moving. I sure wish we had an office there I could transfer to. I am far too hesitant to give up all I have without having something else already lined up ahead of time.

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Almost there

Well my bags are packed and I'm ready to go
The taxi's waiting and blowing his horn
I had to wake you up just to say goodbye...

Well, actually the bags aren't quite packed yet and we'll be driving to the airport ourselves. But the arrangements are finally done. 3 more days to go. Had the hotel for a few weeks now, but then our airfare fell through today. Ugh. Spent last night and today trying to find a good deal. I think I hit every travel site on the internet trying all kinds of combinations of routing trying to come up with something that wasn't too horrible in price. I am so spoiled in having prices that I have lost all touch with reality as to what tickets cost. I even thought about cancelling my hotel then re-booking a package, but at this late date, it is cheaper to just add on the airfare and wipe out all my Amex reward points. Oh well, never used them anyway and I think they were starting to mold. Wait, that's me. I need to shower.

So now that I have broke in the new credit card, I am once again broke. That's OK. The one thing I always cherished about growing up is that even though we never had much money, Mom always made sure we travelled. I have been very lucky. I have been to every continent but Africa and Antarctica. All before 26. Great memories and I think it gave me perspective I might not otherwise have. And the most important part, things always worked out. We always had enough to eat, a place to live, and clothes on our backs. There is more to being rich than cash.

Ugh, the internet here sucks. It is always a crap shoot coming here. Oh well, I need to get my ass to the store anyway.