I’m In Maui, Day 3!
Since I got here Wednesday evening, does that make it Day 4? I never thought so, but I think for accounting purposes it is… At any rate, I was so wound up last night about all the stuff I had to do today, I could barely sleep all night. So then this morning when I staggered out of bed I decided, on a whim, to take a moment to step out on the lanai, and:
So that was nice. And now, this evening, thanks to the help of the two painter guys (Joaquin and his son, Alex), I can sit at my desk/vanity, on my pouf, like a normal person, my poor, beleaguered tush at least 20 inches away from the concrete floor. However, although I now have a mattress (forgot about that in the Twitter’d list, but there wasn’t room for it anyway, that’s how busy I am), there’s no bed, and I’m not done painting in here, so I’ll have to sleep on a comforter, on the plastic cover it was delivered in, on the mattress, on the concrete floor. Alas. Despite the tush on the pouf, it’s still a construction zone.
March 23rd, 2008 at 7:17 am
step out on the lanai
One day, one day soon I’m going to try that. I assume barefoot is da-rigor?
March 23rd, 2008 at 9:35 am
Yes. Absolutely. A lot of these birds? Not really birds. They’re the resort security system. Step out onto the lanai with sneakers on and their eyes turn red and their beaks turn into sirens. Then men, big polynesian types, rappel down onto the balcony and untie your laces for you. Flip flops? Might get away lightly with a security bird dive-bombing your eye-balls until you kick them off.
March 23rd, 2008 at 10:48 am
Ima think nime is home
March 23rd, 2008 at 4:24 pm
That’s a great picture.
Tropical (and sub-tropical) birds can be very pretty to look at, but tend to the Hillaryesque in the vocal department.
March 23rd, 2008 at 9:26 pm
Thank you. I don’t think I’ve ever seen the moon set before. It’s usually long gone even by the wee hours.
There’s this one bird I saw today, running around a planter. Literally running. It was like an emu, but flight-size. Craziest thing. Little head, brown body, longish legs, maybe 8 inches tall, and could book it. And I’ve seen three lizards! All in the same place, out side the southern side entrance I take to get to my far-flung bit of parking lot. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a lizard here all the times I’ve been here, but they keep popping up this time.
Haven’t seen one of those frogs yet. Which is good, cuz I didn’t get a rubber mallet at the hardware store the other day.
March 25th, 2008 at 9:06 am
You have of course gone to Hana and even beyond to the small churchyard where Charles Lindburgh is buried. Right?
March 25th, 2008 at 11:40 am
Um, dude? I just got here Wednesday night and I’ve been really, really busy.
But when Peter arrives, we’re probably going to get on the Road to Hana. Haven’t decided if we’ll go the whole way to Lindburgh’s grave, tho.
March 28th, 2008 at 9:02 am
I think the bird you describe running around is a Francolin, they make an interesting sound too. We did the road to Hana, it’s like driving the Santa Cruz mountains but mo’betta. We didn’t like Hana much, too many damn mosquitoes. I like taking the road up around the northern tip more, but it’s awful narrow in places.