Back to Reality

The following entry was written the morning that we left San Francisco for Honolulu. I would have posted it sooner but we were so busy during our Hawaiian adventure that I decided after the first day to wait to post details and pics until after we arrived home. Bummer for all of you, I know. We are home now (sadly), have collected our kiddos, and are trying our best to move on with life ... kinda hard after the amazing trip we had. I'm going to do a daily recap of our time there so don't worry - you'll see and hear about all of the fun we had :) Until then, enjoy this post that is strictly for my own journaling purposes!!

Happy Friday the 13th!

Yes, I realize that Friday the 13th is not usually associated with good luck - the kind we need after a day like yesterday - but I am confident that later today we will be basking in the sun in Honolulu with our friends who actually made the connection yesterday. Besides … one of the last Friday the 13ths we had was the day Cougar was born … after not being able to get into the hospital to be induced on the 12th. Look how well that turned out! Quick, easy delivery that involved no pushing at all and the perfect baby to boot!

We woke up at 7 AM to take showers and put back on the same clothes we wore yesterday … all day. Not the best way to start but at least we had slept in a bed (for a few hours) and actually got to take a shower. The hotel had toothbrushes and toothpaste that we used once we got to the airport. Glamorous, I know, for a fabulous trip to Hawaii ;) We caught a shuttle back to the airport at 8 and got through security with no glitches. Breakfast was provided by our generous $10 food vouchers from United. We bought a sandwich to share on the plane for lunch, too, since airlines apparently don’t believe that food should be included in your almost $800 plane ticket when you are in flight for 5 hours. We met up with the same group we were traveling with yesterday - all wearing the same clothes. Our “new friend” looked at us and said “nice outfit!” I know she was just hoping she had enough diapers for her 2 year old to make it through another day.

The good news in all of this drama? Our plane boarded on time, pushed back at 10:30 on the dot as scheduled, and we are looking to arrive in Honolulu just before 1 PM, giving us plenty of time to enjoy our day there (thanks to gaining 3 hours in flight)!! Our flight is not jam packed because they actually added an extra flight just for us. Out of 182 seats there were only 92 checked in and 30 getting on standby. We may not have had 5 extra hours on a plane with Mike and Teisha yesterday but we have 8 amazing days of jam packed fun ahead of us once we get there.

The funny part? Our horoscopes in the United Hemispheres magazine said:
Libra (Steve) - Traveling to new destinations has a ring of familiarity. Be flexible with scheduling and expect last-minute changes to be the norm.
Capricorn (Kari) - Last-minute scheduling conflicts require you to be flexible.
Sagittarius (Teisha) - Don’t expect travels to be drama-free.
Aquarius (Mike) - Venture out with friends.
I personally like Mike’s the best and believe we’ll live up to all of them in the next week!

Pictures to come once I get to my other camera .. and actually have something worth taking pictures of! I’m sure pictures of us sitting in the airport in the same clothes 2 days in a row really wouldn’t be that exciting. The main difference in our pictures? The bags and dark circles under our eyes this morning after yesterday. Nothing that a little time at the beach won’t solve this afternoon!!