Since I have not been able to find a book, I will use this for my Hawai'i trip and experience.
First of all, while I am at LAX, I run into Joni Cohen, who is now Joni Weinstein, and was on her honeymoon ... to Hawai'i ... on the same fucking flight as me! What a trip! More about that later.
My first day here was fine. I miss baseball, that's all. Howie is still so far away from himself, it is quite amazing. Be that as it is, I went with he and Jan to listen to some jazz last night. OK stuff, although the skill and playing were top notch, the material was rather bland. I seemed to have made an impression and sparked a reaction from the boys in the band here. In fact, I keep getting all kinds of waves, smiles, whistles, etc. from all the passers-by here - strange!
I have been on some emotional peak lately and have the feeling that something major is occurring emotionally for me. I am highly sensitive to emotions at this particular time, and am given to tears incredibly quickly. Although Howie is not satisfied with the room I ended up with, I rather like it. It overhangs the main street in Kihei, and so is constantly busy and noisy (as, a piece of home!). Also, there is an all-night espresso/health-food, fast food place right around the corner! Snickers, smoothies and espresso, Oh Boy!
The condo has a bedroom with two twin beds. Howie asked for one king-sized which they agreed upon so he did not like that. Me, I slept on the couch in the living room! Who cares! The kitchen is nice with a compact washer/dryer. Yeah. Basic bathroom. And a lanai. So, all in all, not bad. An ocean view, as well, from the lanai. But, Howie says he was shown one unit and paid for it, but delivery was of a different unit. So ....
I found the aerobics place. I walked about 20 minutes to it, so it is not real bad. I bought a 13-class card for $36.00. I'll take class this evening, hopefully, two back to back. Otherwise, maybe just the one. We'll see. It says "Intermediate/Advanced" so I am with my element. Let's see.
I went to the store and bought some food and stuff. I am going to make some tabouli now.
Padres lost Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Dodgers lost two but won on Sunday.
