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Hawai'i Work Trip Day 6 (Thursday)
Thursday we were pretty tired, especially after all the long day on the bus on Wednesday. So we took it a bit easier.
We realized we really needed to spend our food money, so we had breakfast at the hotel restaurant again. Miraculously, my dad ordered pineapple french toast, even though pineapples are "poison."
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Hawai'i Work Trip Day 5 (Wednesday)
Wednesday was an all-day bus tour with work people.
We started out by having breakfast at the hotel restaurant, because we had the money to use up. They had some pretty good pineapple french toast. Unsurprisingly, my dad got an omelet. One of my co-workers and his guest saw us as well and joined us, which was nice. I don't get to talk to people ( Read more... ) -
Hawai'i Work Trip Day 4 (Tuesday)
After our morning breakfast of peanut butter and bread, we got in the car to head to Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park! Which was a bit of a drive, even compared to the hour it took to get to Waipi'o valley the day before. It took almost two hours to drive there. On the saddle road, I saw an owl hovering by the side of the road -- it turns out ( Read more... ) -
Hawai'i Work Trip Day 3 (Monday)
On Monday we decided to drive up to the north side of the island and see what we could see there. I found a hike to the Waipi'o Valley that said it was along a road not suitable for most cars (4 wheel drive required, all wheel drive insufficient, and 25% average grade). But we could park up at the lookout and then walk down to the beach below. ( Read more... ) -
Hawai'i Work Trip Day 2 (Sunday)
We woke up really early, of course. The time difference was at that point 4 hours. So we ate some peanut butter and bread, and then decided to go exploring.
The first obstacle was that I had the wrong hat, and it was really bright. So we walked back to the little mall where the grocery store was. Nothing was open, because it was like, 8 am.
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Hawai'i Work Trip Day 1 (Saturday)
Yeah, so, getting to go to Hawai'i for work is pretty awesome. Especially since it wasn't actually to do work, but rather as a team reward trip. The stuff being rewarded happened before I actually joined, so that felt a little silly, but at least there were several of us in the same boat so I didn't feel so guilty.
We were allowed to bring a ( Read more... ) -
Good Cats
I have a good cat on my lap right now. I guess it's getting cold, so she's more cuddly. That, or she's been upset that we've been gone so often on weekends.
We made Sankta Lucia buns yesterday, although it's a few weeks early -- I usually don't get around to them, so baking them early is an improvement. The recipes just said "wheat flour" and I ( Read more... ) -
It's fall!
Yesterday felt like summer, but today feels like cold blustery fall.
Last weekend we dug potatoes! Unfortunately, it was supposed to rain in the afternoon, so we headed out very early. And then we discovered that the potatoes were in the swamp because when they were planted, it seemed likely to be a dry summer. So we couldn't even dig some of the ( Read more... ) -
Morning Glories!
I thought they wouldn't manage to bloom before winter, but they did. Barely. Maybe next time I should plant them earlier...
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Medical adventures
So, Kirjava and I both ended up taking pretty much the same medications last week ( Read more... )