i know, been a while. i kind of, omm, took a vacation to HAWAII!

i know, RUDE i am.

but here it is. i’d never actually been on a vacation. been lots a places, seen lotsa things. but not been anywhere to do nothing, always been something. so i did it. i went. i loved. twice a day actually. went to the beach that is. soaked in it. soaked it up. not one thought. checked my email TWICE in 5 days. RECORD. BOOYA. when your livelihood depends on the interweb, trust me, this is a victory. damn, it’s been way too long since i blargged it out.

Hawaii.

day 1. got on the plane. listened to music. chatted it up with kathy. *literal* chatty kathy. nice but SUPER talky. got a complimentary mai tai. YUM. chatted. saw she was ready a trashy novel. read my not-so-trashy-novel. kathy got us another complimentary mai tai. YUM YUM! CK (chatty kathy) asked for my number so we could meet up with her daughter who is my age at Duke’s for drinks. wrote my number in her trashy novel. arrived in honolulu. went to my friend’s. set up shop. went to the beach.

day 2. went to the beach (ala moana). caught the bus to the north shore. saw sunset beach where all the surfing tourneys are. went to turtle bay. acted like a wealthy patron and ate (and drank) at the bar. one mai tai for me. one for tammy. would have had one more for me but me for not find the bus back if so be. went swimming. laid out. saw a ball. flicked it up to a boy from fiji. got asked to play volleyball. found out these peeps went to BYU hawaii. laughed to myself. played like a rock star and had several awesome dives. cussed a few times. realized after sobering up that they were all mormon, which is why they went to BYU. laughed to myself. rinsed in the ocean. went to the bathroom to change out of the wetness. left to catch the bus. caught the bus. headed back around the island the opposite way i came. realized my bottoms were left in the stall of the bathroom. some poor unsuspecting 10 year old probably found them and got grossed out by dripping bikini bottoms mashed with sand hanging from the toilet holder. that’s what mai tais do. make you forget your bottoms.

day 3. went to the beach (ala moana). went to waikiki. swam. laid out. people watched.

day 4. dana and i went to hanauma bay to go snorkeling. AWESOMENESS. got like 20 pics of 20 different fish. went to this secret place only locals know in a rich neighborhood where you climb along this rock wall thingy, along side the ocean, under the houses, out to the 15 foot wall. jumped off. swam to shore. walked back. drove and got shave ice. YUM.

day 5. went to the beach (waikiki). laid out. went home. ate lunch. was going to go to koko head (a small mile long climb to the top of the hill thing w/ a view) but waited for 45 minutes for the bus and it never got there. went and got shave ice. YUM. went home. went to the beach (waikiki). went to Duke’s on the beach. walked around the bar several times to only find one stool. boy next to it stood and moved the stool toward me, said no one was sitting there so i sat down. his friend came back from the bathroom and sat down in his seat. i realized there was someone sitting there and the boy just wanted me to sit there. i offered it back. he declined. i ordered a pina colada. YUM. minded my own business while the generous drunk hovered. i got annoyed. looked at him and said, “if you are going to hover you can have your seat back” he laughed and didn’t move. “seriously, i’m here to enjoy my drink and if you are going to hover around me then take it!” just then a group of peeps left the other side of the bar. i promtly moved there. his friend laughed hysterically. the bartender refused them drinks. i met some nice folks on the other side. listened to a buy play guitar and sing hawaiian songs. ordered a mai tai. didn’t loose my pants. went home. ate. went to get dessert with dana and her bf. went to high point above the city and ate it while looking out. AWESOME.

day 6. went to the beach (ala moana) with dana. swam. laid out. got shave ice. YUM. went home. changed, showered, packed. went to lunch at dana’s work. nice restaurant. went to the airport FAST. pushed it too close. sprinted to the gate b/c lady at the front desk said i was going to miss it only to find out they hadn’t started boarding and i was dripping *literally* sweat for nothing. caught the plane. watched taken and marley and me. cried a little. not as hard as the lady SOBBING next to me. landed.

CK never called (prolly a good thing).

the end.

Welp. I did it. I f’n did it. I went in and got sugared. I’ve never been waxed or sugared so this was quite the experience. It was extremely painful but luckily the pain is quick and not lasting! Oh, and SOOO worth it. I love that I won’t be shaving for like three weeks. I will be getting it done again before I go to Hawaii. I did full legs and an extended bikini. I was going to do the Brazilian but my legs took longer than anticipated and so we decided to stick with the shorter extended bikini. That’s pretty much what I wanted anyway. Not sure I could handle the full … EEK! Anyway, I feel pretty amazing.

P.S. I heard this song for the first time since like 4th grade and remembered how much I loved Whitney B.B. (Before Bobby).

Okay, last night I did not sleep a WINK. Woke up many-a-time and had crazy dreams. When I woke, I remembered this dream:

I was visiting Dana, my Hawaiian roommate from college. She just found out that one of her friends died tragic and freak accident, her friend was also pregnant. We were then in a hotel in Hawaii (where I assume I was staying) and we went to the bathroom. While we were washing our hands she started crying. I gave her a big hug that lasted five-ever. Then we sat down on a bench and she started telling me what happened. She asked if I new some song that I did know and then she started singing it. It was very beautiful. When she was done she said that the song was about her friend and her baby. It was sad. I woke up sad!

I also woke up to the dreary Seattle grey and shitty rain. I AM SO DONE WITH HALF ASS WINTER. Therefore, when I awoke, I started to assess how many air miles I had accumulated and how many I was willing to spend. The first thing I did when I woke was message my friend Dana. I asked, “Will you be on the Island mid-May?” She said yes and I was welcome to come down at any time. I decided, it’s time. I got tix to HAWAII BABY!!!! May 8th through the 13th.

BLAM.