i hurt. pretty much all over! while i have been remiss about writing i have not been remiss about traveling. i am in hawaii for the week. and it was my genius idea to hike diamond head trail this morning (at 0800hrs might i add) and then have a surfing lesson at 1500hrs.
i now know why surfers have bodies to be oogled. my arms feel as if they are about to fall out of their sockets. just the first paddle out was enough to fell me! i am pretty sure the only reason that i manged to stand up on the board was because it actually took more energy to fall off it in the end!
but it was super fun! and if i find myself in a place where i can surf regularly i plan on doing so!!! the rest of the day was filled with cocktails (much to my mother's disdain i had a daquiri before setting off on the surfing adventure, the logic being that if i was slightly liquoured up my limbs would be looser and i would be less likely to hurt myself when falling off the board - there was no questing that i was going to be falling off the board!).
i then had lovely sunset cocktails at the moana surfrider (omg i want to stay there!) and meet some lovely kiwi's who joined me at my table (i was a 4 person table - i will never cease to understand why american refuse to share with others when they have space to spare! its a blanket declaration, but as far as i have seen true, i love sharing tables with strangers, you meet cool people that way. okay, sometimes they're odd, but then you just leave!)
anyway, i am shattered beyond belief, and trying to work on a job application, yeah not the best of circumstances!
tomorrow is pearl harbour and yesterday was diving. the diving was super mellow - i was out with two non-divers... but i saw a big sea turtle and a ray so i am a happy camper :) even if it wasn't a wreck dive... the colours here are no where near as cool as in dahab, but i guess is hard coral (cold water) instead of soft coral (warmer water)
and i am off to try and work some more.
and i am back! well, maybe sort of. its been ages since i last wrote. i'm back in the states and bumming around. its fantastic to be doing all of well, not really much! although i must admit our dogs are loving having me back, i seem to have taken on the task of being a living chair...
i kind you not. everytime i sit down they take it as their right, no, their responsibility, to sit on my lap! i've actually had to seek refuge in a cafe in order to respond to emails, update here and work on some job applications. lets just say that while they may be comfortable, daschunds are too long to comfortably fit on my lap and allow me freedom to type....
okay, so just a hello i am here, the move went okay, everything is unpacked etc etc (which in and of itself is amazing!)
