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We got back a bit earlier today. I uploaded 248 images to my page. You can see them starting here.

I’ll give a rundown on the week’s festivities later… maybe. It was a great time all around though.

Enjoy the pics!

Here’s another pic from today’s dive, which was the last of 3 dives we did over yesterday and today.

I’ll be posting quite a few pictures once we’re back next week.

Here’s a fun story.

On Saturday & Sunday we went over to Lanai and camped for a day. While waiting for the return ferry, there was a guy sitting down with a major amount of tattoo coverage, including some facial work. We just stood by and listed to some of the tourists ask him questions. He was very polite to them, but it was still really funny.

The guy was Lars Frederiksen from Rancid.

We all started talking after the tourists stopped harassing him and he’s a really nice guy. He and his new wife (they got married on Lanai last Thursday) were heading over to Maui for a few days before they returned home. We talked the whole ferry ride back to Maui (about an hour).

Very random, but pretty cool encounter.

Here’s a brief 1,000 word essay on why where I am is better than where you are.

It’s 5:25 and we’re out the door in 20. Getting up at 5 isn’t fun, but it’s worth it.

Now just to make it through the horrible flight.

I did all my packing and I’m all set. Got both bags (stow-away and carry-on) all set aside from some minor toiletries and other things to pack in the AM.

Just threw some food on for dinner and then going to relax for the rest of the evening.

Hawaii, here I come!

Got the day off today – which is nice. I think I’m going to bum around for a while, get some pizza and just chill. I even had a dream about getting pizza… so it’s definitely on the mind.

Saturday was good in that we did some shopping and I got some shorts and tshirts for the trip. Probably going to run to CVS tomorrow and get any travel-sized things that we need. It’s all looking good.

Yesterday was a “clean the house” day. I don’t really enjoy those days, but it is good that it’s done.

But other than that, it’s business as usual.

So I came into work today as usual. I’ve been here for a while and I’m still the only person here. I don’t expect anyone for another good 45 minutes.

Four-wheel drive is awesome, btw. While I hate the snow, it was fun to have something slippery to drive on for a bit. Now that that urge is satiated, the snow can go away and never return.

I had another bunch of strange dreams last night. All of them had something to do with water, the ocean, fish or swimming in some way. I guess that’s not too surprising given that Hawaii is pretty much a week away at this point. I think the lack of caffeine is helping me recall dreams better. Hopefully this continues to improve, as I quite like it.

Other than that, not much is going on. Just going to plow through today, go home and pick up where I left off watching Roughnecks.

We’re supposed to get a bunch of snow tonight. Hopefully something happens and this changes. Why can’t the forces of global warming do something useful? I’ll take rain. At least if it’s particularly snowy I can just work from home.

I’ve been having odd dreams the last few nights. Nothing bad, scary or otherwise disturbing – just odd. Like one dream I drove my jeep off a highway into a bunch of water and it sank. It was deep enough to be fully submerged and after the tow truck get it out, it was filled up with mud. Weird.

Oh, here’s a fun game if you like logic puzzles. Took me about 15 minutes on and off to go through the different levels.

In a week and a half I’ll be in Hawaii – can’t wait for that! It’s going to be awesome!

My new “thing” is getting up earlier for work. I’m fortunate in that my job just requires that I be in work for 8 hours and that the exact 8 hours aren’t too important (within reason). Since Corinne gets up a lot earlier than me, I would go back to bed and not really fully get back to sleep. It was basically a waste of time.

Now I’m getting up at 6:30 and getting in before 8, so I’m able to leave at 4, which is pretty cool. Suddenly it’s light out when I leave work – and that’s exciting.

Even though I’m still getting more than enough sleep, I’m still tired for that first hour. It’s just going to take my body a bit of getting used to. I just don’t want to waste time laying in bed not sleeping and not doing anything. At least this way, I can get home from work and be semi-productive.

This is something I want to keep up. I’m certain that I can as I’ve done it before. Just gotta stick to the first week or two and it’ll be smooth sailing.