We just got home yesterday from our 5 days in Kona Hawaii. I have to say this was my favorite vacation we have ever done. The highlights were swimming with dolphins, snorkeling, seeing the volcano glow at night, seeing sea turtles, and eating by far the best fish I have ever had. D-boy did great, he never complained and truly enjoyed every moment. I even noticed that the Pilot and I were even more relaxed than usual. Of course with the environment we had no excuse not to be. Being the way we are though we did find Walmart, Target and Costco right away. We would eat one meal out and the rest we made. After our first overpriced breakfast I couldn't pay that amount for every meal. We ate cereal in our room most days, had peanut butter and jelly one night on the terrace, and made our own lunch to have a picnic by a waterfall. The places we did find to eat were amazing, the last day we discovered Da Poke Shack. Now I wasn't 100% sure what poke was but now I want more. The definition from Wikipedia is a modern poke is cubed cut ahi with sea salt and other yummy stuff.
We took 3 flights to get home, on our second flight I had to listen to a mom of a 1 year old yell at her own mother for going to the bathroom 5 minutes before the flight. I really wanted to enjoy my happy vacation feelings a little longer but this woman brought me back to reality. She harped on her mom over and over again on the flight. What kept going through my head was get over it. Something my friend heard on the radio really helps me on a daily basis. Basically is this issue going to matter in an hour or a day from now. Probably not. Thank goodness the pilot packed ear plugs and eye masks for each of us. We were on the red eye flight and I was happy to put the ear plugs in and go to sleep.
D-boy is telling anyone and everyone who will listen that we went to Hawaii. I thought about telling him to tone it down but the truth is I want to tell everyone as well :-)
Back home and back to reality, but now I will be more relaxed and remember how blessed we are as a family to be able to enjoy vacations and enjoy each other.
Aloha!!
