Sara with a really good Lay (or is it Lei?)

Hmm.. testing to see if it worked. Whatever it is, it's something I haven't had for a couple of years or more.

This is the life...:)

I'm sitting on my 8th floor balconey at 5:54 a.m., with my wonderful Apple powerbook, watching the clouds change color, listening to the waves, which just may tie with a cat's purr as far as the ability to put me to sleep and relax me, drinking some freshly brewed Maui blend coffee, eating some yogurt and a peach and getting ready for the day. I've already checked CNN so I know what is happening in the world. I took some pictures off the balconey yesterday and today I will take some more. I am scheduled to go play tennis at 8:30 I thinks so after I finish this and get dressed, I'm going to walk down and explore that end of the beach and see how far away it is and then probably come back and get the car.

Now, I personally don't care, but .... the shower doors weren't cleaned and there was coffee grounds in the filter left in the coffee machine. Someone else might through a complete hissy fit over something like that. Me, I'll just take care of it myself.
Plus, I did check in early and the cleaner was here when I arrived so maybe she was just hurrying.

I met the nicest little unaccompanied minor, named Max, on the way over. He was very intelligent and we got along great. I think it might be cause I don't treat or talk to kids like they are kids. His mom is an artist, and going to have a baby girl while he is over here, his dad who he lives with most of the time lives in LA, and his older brother who is 15 is in a group home. I didn't go into any of that with him. I just said it sounds like you are all only children with all that age range between you. All of his siblings have different dads. He was telling me all about insects and showed me a book and everything. I love kids.

Then I called Nicole, cause I think I might have left the light on in the back area of the Subaru and if so, it will be burned out by the time I get home.

I took two Ativan for the ride to LA and 1 (REALLY NICE) Temazapan for the long flight and I slept like a baby. Now I'm fresh and ready to go.

The sun has now reached the top third of the island I'm looking directly out on. I think it is Lanai. I'll have to check. I'm so getting tan today. AND the farmers market. Of all the things to bring over with me, I brought some Paul Newman salad dressing that I added extra balsamic vinegar to. And of all the things to explode in my bag... it was an entire bottle of (duh) continuous spray spf 15 suntan stuff.

The little birds are visting me on my porch and looking for crumbs.

I put a picture of Kathi and Max next to my bedstand.

Oh, yesterday I went to Maui Dive shop and bought a new mouth piece/snorkle tube cause mine broke when I dropped it on the tile on the balconey, I got the coffee at Java Jazz, went to Star Market, and then walked down the street a bit to the ABC store (which I thought would be liquour) and got some Macademia nuts and a 6 pack of Kona Brewing Company, Big Wave golden ale beer. I started to watch a movie but fell asleep. I'd rather be up and at 'em now!

Carpe Diem!

Countdown..

I upped our membership in Netflix to 8 movies out at once and they all are coming tomorrow so I can take those with me!

The Good German
Battle Royale
Heading South
My Life in Pink
The Fountain
Volver
Blood Diamond
The Last King of Scotland...

and of course, I'm taking Borat too cause I haven't seen it. I found it in Max's room today - man, is his room a MESS!

La la la la la - LA - doing happy dance

Here is another picture of where I plan to be in less than a week.


I'm doing my happy dance at work and very, very excited about going. I'm looking at TripAdvisor all the time....and have gained so much info from the forums on there. I LOVE TRIPADVISOR!!! I guess I will need to book a hotel in Oakland for when I go out there in August soon and start looking into good ones.

I wrote the kids today but I still haven't heard from them except a short email from Max since they have been gone. He just complained about the flight over and that they had to sit in coach while his dad and *@#*$ got to sit in first class. I know they were going to Sardinia. DAMN! It looks beautiful too... look at that water.


LUCKY KIDS!

Somebody else is here in this building on this floor and they are making lots of noise. It sounds like they are breaking up lettuce leaves - they are just rustling around. No talking. I went to a farmer's market today over by the Tattered Cover (of course, I did have to buy about 5 books) and got some beautiful apricots. I think apricots are one of the most beautiful fruits. The orange and red blending...sigh. I guess I am in love with apricots.

I finished the big huge book I was reading today. It was kinda weird. Like it couldn't decide if it was a scary book with satan in it, a mystery, a love story or what. I'm glad I only paid $6 for it, put it that way. Brimstone

So today I learned about ODD. ODD stands for Oppositional Defiant Disorder. Very interesting. My children don't have it of course! Hey, even Dr. Phil has a place he recommends.

Ok, I'm weighing in now on current events.
1) Hellooooo stupid people that didn't do what the doctors recommended and practice selective reduction... Instead of 2 you had to have 6 and now you've lost 3 of them...duh. Stupid right wing ultra religious nimrods.
2) Paris Hilton is going to stop acting stupid. Hmmm. How does one do that when they ARE stupid and it's not an act? This country is way too fasinated with celebrities or what passes as celebrities and not enough aware of what is important.
3) However, Shiloh Jolie-Pitt is just the cutest little baby girl...omg. She is a doll!
4) Things are bad again (were they ever NOT bad?) in the Gaza strip. More fights and deaths come from religion than I think anything else. I think the entire world needs to read Dr. Suess's The Sneetches.


"Now, the Star-Belly Sneetches / Had bellies with stars. / The Plain-Belly Sneetches / Had none upon thars."

Gotta go.

Saturday

So, does this look beautiful or what?


I'm so ready for my vacation! The above picture is of Big and Little Beach (the nude beach) on Maui. I booked most of my stuff already - the horseback ride, the sail, the kayaking, and I called and spoke with both tennis places. I still haven't decided if I'm going to scuba dive or go to a fancy spa or not. For sure snorkel. We'll see how much money I have to spend since I'm paying for this entire thing myself.

I went out on Wednesday afternoon and had wayyyy toooo many margaritas. We had 3 there and then went and had a pitcher of margs at Juanitas. I just found out some of the stuff I did and say and it was not pretty. Outta control. Oh well. I'm going to accept full responsibility for it - I hadn't had a drink in about 3 weeks and I didn't have very much to eat. I was hurting on Thursday that's for sure.

OHH, I also got a really really good price ($178.80 roundtrip) on United to Oakland in August so I can take Kathi to college. I hear there is an Ikea nearby.

Ruth called! Gotta go.

Happy Birthday Mr. Laurie

HUGH BABY!!! It's your birthday - go out and celebrate!

Sad news. Roger did not win yesterday in the French Open. He played like shit to put it mildly. Missed so many first serves and breakpoint opportunities. Rafa was the better player (butt pick and all).
Other sad news, Premier magazine has ceased publication and I don't know what is taking its place. I'm at a loss. How am I going to know what is new/getting made and in the pipeline? I don't want to subscribe to Empire again as it isn't as up to date as I'd like and tends to cover more of the BIG movies. I like smaller movies.

Speaking of movies, I watched the trailers for both The Golden Compass and Stardust (Robert DeNiro, Michelle Pheiffer and how many couples has she broken up? Claire Danes) this a.m. I am looking forward to both of them.

Tennis match tonight. Will I maintain my undefeated/1st place in my division both team and individual record? I hope so.

Maui - in 10 DAYS!!!!!! WOOO HOOO!! I'm going to kayak, play lots of tennis, sun bath, snorkel, maybe dive (have to look at how much $$ I have for that)and I want to go on a 2 hour afternoon tradewind ride on the America II which is a racing sailboat. I'm looking forward to doing absolutely nothing other than whatever I want to do. I got a great deal on a rental car - $180 for the entire time I'm there which is actually 11 days and 10 nights as I get in at noon on Thursday the 21st and leave at about 8:30 on July 1st. I still can't decide if I want to order myself a lei for the airport - or just stick with the escort service later (hahhahaha - I crack myself up as Nicole would say).

Today is Bastie's first walk with Chris. I hope they both have a good time.

High School Graduation

It's a beautiful day here in Boulder, Colorado. Three area high schools are having their graduation today. The only one that matters to me is Boulder High School.

Xhusband, his girlfriend, his mom, dad and his niece are all in town and going. On my side, I have, well, I guess my son only he is split. My parents are of course going but I don't think of them. My cousin Nancy is in town too and she is understanding of what I'm feeling. My parents, nope. Clueless.