Sunday, August 29, 2004

Isn't It Just My Luck..........

I want to have this man's children. Is he hot or what? It's a shame he's gay. I was channel surfing last night and Paul McCartney was doing a tribute to his wife Linda and he was on the show. I didn't see the part where he sang. I did see the part where Elvis Costello sang. Ouch....it hurts my eyes to look at Elvis Costello. But looking at George Michael makes me want to slither up next to him and.......well, you get the idea.



Tuesday, August 24, 2004

This Is About Absolutely Nothing In Particular.....

My weekend was the same old, same old.....beach both days. Sunday we went to Maha'ulepu. The mom & baby monk seal moved to the other side of the beach so the good swimming spot was accessible again. About the fourth time we went swimming I turned around to look back at the beach and a lady near our spot was standing and pointing at the ocean. I looked out and couldn't see anything. I looked back at the beach and more people were standing up and looking out at the ocean. I turned around in the water again and stood up and saw what looked like a fin sticking up out of the water. I backed out of the water up to about my knees and watched the "fin" surface and then disappear. Several other people in the water bailed back up on shore. I told my son to get out of the water and pointed to what everyone was watching. I continued to watch and it didn't really look like a fin but something was obviously in the water.

As it got closer we could see that there were two of them swimming slowly towards shore. We were finally able to make out what they were - either stingrays or mantarays. They both had dark colored tops and I'm not sure which they were. By this time a guy had put on his snorkel & mask and was following about 20 feet behind them. They slowly continued to cruise about 25 feet offshore and then disappeared.

The ex-boyfriend continues to call me from jail. The week my sister was here I ignored the calls. I ignored them the following week also but decided to finally pick up last week. His trial started yesterday. The jury was selected and testimony started and ended today. He's expecting a verdict tomorrow. He has another trial starting next week.

I'm continuing to work adjusted hours to accommodate my sons new schedule. Whether I'll be able to pay rent and bills at the end of the month is not known. I called the DOH today to find out the status of getting my son a PA who can pick him up in the afternoon and do "stuff" with him. He can't have a PA until Honolulu approves his Medicaid Waiver application. And all this time I thought his application had already been sent to Honolulu. Turns out it's only been approved by the DHS on Kauai, returned to the DOH on Kauai and has to be sent to Honolulu. I could bitch, rant and rave about how slow the state is in processing any and everything but I'm trying to keep my stress level down.

Is it just on Kauai or does it seem like no one is qualified to do their job anymore?

Last, but not least, I'm seriously considering getting a tattoo. I don't know what of or where but I kinda like the idea. The heartbreaker has a scorpion tattooed on his right leg. One of my old boyfriends had a tiger tattooed on the inside of his arm.

Any suggestions?


Wednesday, August 18, 2004

"It's the things we're denied that we want the most."

Tuesday, August 17, 2004

Rock Pile at Salt Pond



Another photo taken by my sister. In the background to the left is where salt is harvested.

The day this photo was taken the wind was blowing stronger than usual. As I was sitting in my chair on the beach I looked up at the sky. The lower clouds were speeding by. Almost as if they were on fast forward. The higher clouds were moving so slow they were almost stationary. It was interesting to see the difference in speed between the two layers. There was also a ring around the sun that day.

Today at work I had an ocular migraine. It started with vision problems in both eyes (circular zigzag lines, etc) that lasted about an hour. Then I got the headache behind the eyes. And I felt nauseous. Then I threw up. The whole thing lasted about 3 hours. Fortunately I felt better after I threw up. Then I had to pick up my son. We had planned on doing laundry after work but I wasn't sure I was up to it. I started to feel better as we drove to the laundromat. So we ended up doing the laundry. I hadn't eaten lunch yet so I got some apple juice and a Baby Ruth candy bar at the store and ate that while the clothes were drying. My head still feels a little weird.

The only reason I knew I was having an ocular migraine is because years ago when I was on a particular brand of birth control pill I got opthalmoplealgic migraines. I went to get my eyes checked and they sent me to my ob/gyn who immediately took me off that brand of pill.

Tomorrow I have to leave work early. Yippee! My son has an appointment to get his spine checked. This is the last time before he turns 21 that Shriner's will check his spine. After turning 21 he is no longer eligible for services through Shriner's. In the mid 90's he had surgery for scoliosis. He has two metal bars attached to his spine with screws. He hasn't had any problems since the surgery. Hopefully he won't ever have any.

I've become hooked on a show called Trading Spouses. It's on now so gotta go watch.........

Monday, August 16, 2004

Clouds Over Baby Beach.....



My sister took this photo of my son and I swimming at Baby Beach. There was a monk seal sleeping on the sand a little further down the beach. A small dog ran by it and barked at it. The seal raised it's head to see what the commotion was then put it's head back down and went back to sleep. Then a man showed up and posted signs about staying 100 feet away from the seal. We couldn't figure out who the dog belonged to but it kept running along the shore and barking. I think maybe it's owner was out in the water diving.

We went to this beach again on Sunday and there was another monk seal sleeping on the sand. Before I moved here the only seals I'd ever seen were the ones at the Honolulu Zoo when I was a kid. Now we see monk seals all over the place here. The day before my sister left we went to the beach at Maha'ulepu and saw the baby monk seal born there on August 2nd. Wouldn't you know that the mom picked the best swimming spot on the whole beach to have her baby. The only place with a nice sandy bottom. And no one can swim there because the beach is roped off on both sides.

As we were driving from Maha'ulepu to Poipu there were two guys riding horses along the roadside. One of them was talking on a cell phone. We got a chuckle out of that. The old and the new.

We stopped at Poipu to see the baby monk seal born there but it was behind it's mom and we couldn't see it. And I never knew there was a small cemetery at that beach park. Next time I'll check it out closer to see whose names are on the headstones. As we walked back to the car we saw the horses and riders we had seen earlier. They were hosing down the horses with cold water. I almost wanted to ask them to shoot the water at us because it was so blasting hot that day.

Then we drove to Pakala's and walked down the beach. We found a bunch of shells. It was blasting hot there too but I won't go in the water because it always looks murky and rocky. I had a dolphin encounter there once. I'll tell that story another time. I've gotta get to bed after I take the trash out.

Saturday, August 14, 2004

You Can Pick Your Friends But Not Your Family....

So my sister was here for a week the first week in August. Have you ever wondered how two people can have the same parents and be so different?

I honestly think my sister is from another world. We are so different. She makes no effort whatsoever to improve her appearance. I wouldn't leave the house looking the way she does. She has a laugh like a witches cackle. And she talks with her hands in constant motion. I wanted to ask her to sit on her hands when she engaged her mouth. Or handcuff them behind her back. And she has this big ugly backpack that she took everywhere with her. Even in the car she kept it between her feet. Didn't want to put it in the back. I don't know what she had in there but she wanted to keep it next to her all the time.

And she talked to her husband at least twice a day. You'd think she'd be happy to have a break from the guy. One of their conversations consisted of them yelling at each other because he couldn't figure out how to set the clock on the microwave after the power went off one day. Geez, RTFM.

And she cooked him a weeks worth of dinners and froze them before she left to come here. And then each night had to tell him how to defrost them.

I guess that's why I'm not married.

I need a man who can cook, clean, fix stuff, read a map, set an alarm, walk by himself & chew gum at the same time, wipe his own ass, etc.

Anyway, it sure was nice to have my house back to myself and not have anyone challenge how or why I do stuff the way I do.

It was almost as bad as having my mother here...........

In good news my son has adjusted quite well to his new day program. Just to prove how small this island is, one of the aides there recognized us from the beach at Salt Pond. I thought he looked kinda familiar but couldn't place where I'd seen him. My second thought was that we need to find another beach to go to. But we won't because we like Salt Pond too much.

Which is where we went to the beach today. Then we went for a walk at Pakala's. It was so hot and I was tired so we cut short the walk and came home. My exciting evening has consisted of watching tv and then watching Stumpy and another gecko fight on the wall above the computer desk. Earlier I watched a big gecko chase a little gecko across the wall. Ah, the single life...........


Thursday, August 12, 2004

Headstones


Old Japanese cemetery at Eleele.

ps - that's my son looking thuggish on the left.........


Monday, August 09, 2004

Back To Normal.....

Where do I start? My sister was here for a week and I didn't dare post lest she discover my blog. I dropped her off at the airport this morning and I was going to post but was catching up on some other blogs and now I have a headache. I'm going to take a shower and be a couch potato....

Just one thing.....you know you have too many geckos in your house when you start calling them by name. I have one favorite named Stumpy. Because apparently my cat chased him and he dropped his tail and now it's growing back in but he looks stumpy.....