The sun showed up today, at least for the first part. I threw on a tanktop and shorts, grabbed a magazine and sat outside by the picnic table, trying to add more color to my tan. After three very rainy days here in Hana, being stuck inside, reminds me of Yakutat, I really enjoyed being outside again. Here in Hana, today's high was 66F, 19C, a little chilly, but then I looked up Yakutat and they had 35F, 1C, so how can I complain?!
Later this afternoon we drove to a beach called Hamoa. There are a lot of tourists and they have a beach attendant that makes sure no locals use the beachchairs. Not cool.... Oh well, by then the sun was gone again and I sat in the sand and read while Garett surfed for a while. Stopped for a hotdog and bought some milk, one of the stores was actually open. One gallon of 2% milk was $8.49!!! That is the price we have to pay when we choose to live in remote places I guess. I did do most of our grocery shopping at Costco and Safeway in Kahului before coming out here, so we should be good till I go to town on Friday (I think). By 4pm the rain started up again but it was nice to see the sun for a few hours anyways.
Having all this free time has allowed me to think about what goals and hopes I have for 2008. This year I want to try to do more things I enjoy like reading, writing, photograpy, exercise and I really want take more time to reconnect with old friends and relatives through letters, internet and phonecalls.
This past year was really hard, but I am hoping life will get a little better this year. I read a quote from a book that was pretty cool. I thought I could share it here:
"People tend to think that happiness is a stroke of luck,
something that will descend like fine weather if you're fortunate.
But happiness is the result of personal effort.
You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even
travel around the world looking for it.
You have to participate relentlessly." E.G.
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