Planning an escape

Hotel is booked, flight will surely be an adventure on a military Space-A flight and a good friend will be joining me for the whole trip to Tokyo, Japan!

This is the first time I will be leaving Ricky for  more than a couple of hours since I stopped working. He will be staying with Paul so that automatically makes me feel better, but there is still that small amount of guilt. Why is it that I feel guilty? I deserve a break too, right? 

Paul took a hiking trip to Kuai last month and I kept the baby by myself, but maybe that's just expected.  Mothers are suppose to be the nurturers, the care takers and sometimes I feel like I am the caretaker of everyone in the house. That's what is expected of me and all women, even if we don't say it out loud. It's about time we also felt like we DESERVE a break and not feel guilty about it. 

Tokyo skyline 

Disney Sea 

 I'm going to work on the guilt part...... and of course let you know how it goes. 

12 in 2014 (June)

two for one? I couldn't decide so I did both :) 

Summertime

It's always nice to forget about all the things that occupy our time, things that can wait. Like the laundry and the dishes and all those things that I had on my list to do this week but instead put on hold. Instead I went to the beach, did some paddle boarding, hiked, and ate lots of food that I probably shouldn't have :)  with my brother who is visiting from California. It was nice to change the routine and it didn't hurt that Paul had a four day weekend. I'm making the best of my last summer is HI.

I hope everyone is having a great summer

Moving on and starting over (again)

Up until last week everything was ready for our move to Georgia and then.... a conversation happened. It took about three days and a lot of hurt feelings, mixed emotions and stress but it ended with the decision that for now California is a better place to move on to. It's not a forever move but we are o.k with that. There will be enough time to worry about the logistics of the whole thing but for now we are just going to worry about enjoying our last 2 months in Hawaii.

10 things to do before we leave the island:

1. Go paddle boarding (again)

2. Take Ricky to a Luau 

3. Kayak Kailua 

4. Snorkel Hanauma Bay

5,6. Hike this with Ricky

7.  Throw a sandbar Birthday bash

8. Stuff myself with as muck Poke as possible

9. Watch the fireworks downtown every week

10. Enjoy being with these two before the craziness of school and moving begin.