Blogs from Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States, North America - page 23

June 17 Something woke me extra early and when I glanced at my phone it read 5:45. Ideally, I should have gotten out of bed and gotten an early start to my day, but I feel asleep for another hour. At 6:45 I decided to make today my Pearl Harbor day. I had read that there was a flea market at Aloha Stadium on Wednesdays, so even if I got to Pearl Harbor later than the recommended time, at least I’d have somewhere to go to kill time. So, I ate my usual breakfast of a yogurt and graham cracker with peanut butter (healthy, right) got dressed and ready, checked out the bus schedule and was out the door by 7:30. From what I’ve read, you can’t bring anything onto the tour of the U.S.S. Arizona, ... read more

June 15-16 These past two days have been so uneventful, they really don’t even deserve a blog, but it’s my main source of communication with people, so I will blog anyway. I spent just about 24 hours in bed sleeping as much as I possibly could. I rented movies for entertainment including…”The Visitor”, “Yes Man”, & “Thank You for Smoking”. I appreciated the story, but “The Visitor” wasn’t as good as I expected. “Yes Man” was funny and definitely reminded me of what I’m doing here. And “Thank You…” was an entertaining flick too. I’m also reading Atlas Shrugged; right now I’m on page 70 out of like 1000. I’ve got a long way to go, but my sister Holly always said she loved it, so I’m going to give it a try. I tried reading ... read more

June 12 At 7am I woke up to movement upstairs. It was Bill’s voice - Yes! It was the first time I’d heard him since the day I got here, so I wasted no time. I ran upstairs to say hi. We talked for a few minutes and I even got him to remove the cockroach from the basement. On a side note I also mentioned to him these little dead bugs that had reappeared on the countertop downstairs. A few days earlier I had seen them, but the next day they were gone. It freaked me out, but sometimes I’d rather not even know the truth. But here they were again. So he told me that they die each night and then the geckos come in and eat them. Geckos - great. Honestly I don’t ... read more

Thurs, June 11 ***blog down all day yesterday...you have no idea how happy it made me to see it up and working again today and with 9 comments!!!! Thank you! Here's yesterday's blog. I'll have a new one tonight too. What a good day. Sitting down at 9:30 pm, I realize that I did so much today. No wonder I’m tired. Christine says I need to be the “yes girl” like the movie. Say yes to everything. I do kind of feel like that. 5:30am I woke up and decided to hike Diamond Head Crater; what better time of day than sunrise. I walked to the bathroom and there, just outside the bathroom on the tile was…a roach - on his back. Ugh!!! Already! It’s only my third day here! It was still kicking, so I ... read more

one more sleep and we go. Well technically it will be two sleeps but we are opting to stay awake all night on Friday and sleep on the plane. Before we start we are heading out to the Capitol Seafood Restaurant for supper with other friends on the trip.... read more