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Aloha!
The countdown begins. Nearly time to head back to Hawaii for our ‘almost’ annual visit. Each time I wonder if it is the last time; if the appeal has run it’s course. I will have to let you know when we return............or while we are there!!
So, am starting to make lists and try to consolidate things. House charger for cell phones (Check!)--finally got smart and got HIM the same phone as me!! Car charger for same (check); Digital camera (check); Charger for it, along with extra battery. (check); GPS (yes you CAN get lost on an island)--first time Joe went with me (and my trip by myself is a story for another day), I took him on a tour. Managed to get ON the Army base, and took forever to find my way off. Of course he just sat there laughing like an idiot. Today I would probably end up in jail-then tho, no one paid any particular attention to us--Maybe it was the jeep! And then another day I got us to a place where the road actually ran out, no road, good for off road vehicles, but no real road, so now I take the GPS. Charger for GPS, check! Netbook (check); charger for Netbook, (check); Ipod (check); Charger for Ipod - charger for Ipod (no check, cause it is not where it should be).
Now how ridiculous is all of the above, my life has been taken over by ‘things’ and even worse, things that all need their own little bits and pieces to make my life better! Better? Or more complicated? Sometimes I wonder and sometimes I swear I am channeling my mom!!
And books, god forbid I should go on a plane without books. I have this fear of being without one or seven. It is like when I used to smoke, used to panic at the thought I MIGHT run out in the middle of the night or something so always had extra. Have transferred one addiction for another, although I have to admit, this one is a lot healthier. I am hooked on a series by J.D. Ward and the latest book came out about 6 weeks ago. I have had it since the day it came out, have touched it, picked it up, turned it over and managed to NOT read it yet. If it is even half as good as the others in the series, I will lose myself in it for most of the trip.
This time I am trying something different. I am always excited to go so the 12-13 hours go by--well, not exactly quickly, but not too bad. Ahh, wrong, it is bad, but I am anxious to see our friends, so I can deal. It is coming home that is the killer, it takes me days to get back on schedule here, the 6 hour time difference coming back is awful. SO, we are flying Vegas, spending one night in Vegas, flying out the next AM on Hawaiian Air (and I have always wanted to fly on that airline) and then on our trip home, we go back to Vegas, spend 3 days or so there and then home. I am hoping it will be easier and if it isn’t, at least I will have some gambling time!
And that’s all I’ve got people...........assuming anyone is reading any of this anyway. The news the last couple of days might be marginally better than it has been. There is still too much skepticism and racism out there but I don’t think that is going to change any time soon. Just if each one of us does our part, one by one, by one we might begin to get through to some people.
OH, and at this very moment, the Red Sox are beating the Yankees. One can always hope!!
So, Aloha and Mahalo--first of all to Kate for being so gracious and generous in allowing me to play on her blog and to those of you who actually check in here now and again and read my nonsense and, on occasion, actually comment on it!!
Blogging from Lanikai, (Oahu), will be starting before you know it!!
Ciao!
Comments
What you need is a universal charger thingy. I have one for the car—an iGo that has interchangeable heads that fit different electronics. Surely they must make one for AC plug-in whatchamacallits?
Maybe you oughter have a Kindle, too? Much easier to drag around than a pile of books.
Are you on Oahu yet? Envyenvyenvyenvyenvy.....
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