Hawaii

I spent the last 7 days of my life trying to figure out a word to describe Oahu, Hawaii. I never did. It is beyond words. Needless to say I had a retartedly amazing time. From start to finish the trip was like a movie script that someone who really loves me (God) wrote just for me to star in. It was perfection. I got to spend 6 days with just my siblings, and about 75 % of that time was in hysterical laughter. The kind of laughter that causes cheek spasms, tears, and possibly cures cancer. My brothers are like Beavis and Butthead. Joe is dry funny, and Scott is comedian funny. Together they are their own reality show. Cindy is funny in a smart-alic, point out the obvious and make people laugh kind of way, and I am just retarded. All 4 of us together.....well, it was a shame there were not cameras. We basically rode around in a car all over the island laughing until we hurt, and stopping off at every single place we could to experience everything we could. Joe is Professor Stuff Knower....we named him while we were there. He knows more stuff than anyone I have ever met. He was an awesome tour guide. After hanging out with him for 6 days I feel like I am a stuff knower myself.
I can't blog about this trip without naming just a few of our adventures.... we layed out and swam on North Beach where Lost is filmed, snorkeled in a bay surrounded by volcanic mountains that is considered a natural preserve, hung out at the famous Waikiki beach, saw a Japanese parade, took a boat out to a mile-wide sandbar, climbed mountains for breathtaking views, visited a Buddhist Temple, toured Pearl Harbor, and ate dinner in a garden that would put the garden of Eden to shame. That sort of scratches the surface, but not really. After my time in paradise I am convinced that there is no more beautiful place on earth.
One of my BFF's from high school, Monica, flew over from the big island, where she lives, to see me and catch up. She and her husband fell so in love with Oahu they have decided to move there. It's just spectacular, if I HAVE to pick a word.
Anyway, I could write a book about what happened to me in that place, but I won't, because no one would laugh at our inside jokes, and no one can really understand what that trip meant to us. I highly doubt that anyone outside of my family would have thought that the Japanese lady at the Starbucks drive through was as funny as we did. And I am positive that no one but my siblings and I would agree with Scott that Hawaii is just not a place for joggers, and laugh hysterically about that statement for 5 days. It was truly a gift from God. I felt undeserving for the 1st few days but over the series of the trip, I realized that I did deserve it...every minute of it. It's good to be back home though. I missed Eric and the kids so much and feel even more blessed to have my life after stepping away from it for 6 days. Being in paradise, ironically, made me realize that I am a really happy and satisfied person. I didn't watch sunsets and sunrises and stare at the ocean wanting for anything or wishing I could change anything. I realized that I am completely happy in all areas of my life. It was weird and wonderful to discover that.
There are 450 pictures in my camera. I have to go buy a new adapter to download them to my computer because I left mine in Hawaii at Joe's house, whom by the way, lives in the most beautiful spot on the island. There was actually a tile mosaic of Joe's view on the wall of a restaurant we ate at.....insane. I will have pictures shortly. Not all of them, just the favorites. Thanks for listening. This was the short version.