This is How We Roll
Hawaii: Thursday
Hawaii for shamus' 30th birthday actually starts on Thursday, but I miss that day. I was always going to miss most of that day because I couldn't leave Vegas until the afternoon, but I missed even more of that day because the day I left was also the day that every airport in America when into hyper security mode because of terrorist plots. It took me two hours just to get to a security check point. But you know what? Once I was at the security checkpoint, I walked onto the plan with all kinds of liquids because apparently the high security alert was to just ASK me if I had liquids on me and then let me walk on by if I said "No." I mean, for real.
Apparently, what I miss while I'm on the plane, and on the plane, and in the security checkline, and at the customer service desk, and in the security checkline...is the volcano. I think I got the raw end of that deal because Pookie wasn't shy about telling us how freakin' AWESOME the volcano was. There are no real pictures of the volcano, because it was dark. But there is this somewhat kick ass picture of Pookie at the volcano.
What I do get is this beautiful drive across the Big Island in the SUV with shamus and Pookie, listening to party music and leaving the windows down for ocean air. When we get to the hotel, this hotel, which is how we roll, Halff is still down with a migrane. So we go to the room. OhmyGod the room. The room has huge windows that open up over greens with rolling oceans. Pookie and I slept with those doors open every night and woke up to warm breezes and the early warm rays of sunlight. Here's the view we looked at every day.
When you roll with Halff, no luxury is overlooked. Waiting for us in our room when we checked in was a tray of fresh pineapple AND coconut chocolate covered strawberries. Because THIS is how we roll.
One other thing of note here is that our side of the island is the charred side. When I first heard this, I was a little like, "Um, not so pretty." But when you see it, it's really kind of shockingly lovely. Take a look.
People will actually take white stones out to the char areas to write environmentally friendly graffiti messages.
Pookie is exhausted, as he should be because his trip was even longer than mine and he did the volcano trip that day. He falls asleep even while I'm talking to him. And it's a perfect night: Ocean breeze, shamus hugs, a long drive in the dark, Evan Dando playing in the background, fresh flowers and fruit, and my little brother asleep and in Hawaii with two of our best friends. If I hadn't lived the trip and didn't already know it got better, I wouldn't know it got better. But it does.
Hawaii for shamus' 30th birthday actually starts on Thursday, but I miss that day. I was always going to miss most of that day because I couldn't leave Vegas until the afternoon, but I missed even more of that day because the day I left was also the day that every airport in America when into hyper security mode because of terrorist plots. It took me two hours just to get to a security check point. But you know what? Once I was at the security checkpoint, I walked onto the plan with all kinds of liquids because apparently the high security alert was to just ASK me if I had liquids on me and then let me walk on by if I said "No." I mean, for real.
Apparently, what I miss while I'm on the plane, and on the plane, and in the security checkline, and at the customer service desk, and in the security checkline...is the volcano. I think I got the raw end of that deal because Pookie wasn't shy about telling us how freakin' AWESOME the volcano was. There are no real pictures of the volcano, because it was dark. But there is this somewhat kick ass picture of Pookie at the volcano.
What I do get is this beautiful drive across the Big Island in the SUV with shamus and Pookie, listening to party music and leaving the windows down for ocean air. When we get to the hotel, this hotel, which is how we roll, Halff is still down with a migrane. So we go to the room. OhmyGod the room. The room has huge windows that open up over greens with rolling oceans. Pookie and I slept with those doors open every night and woke up to warm breezes and the early warm rays of sunlight. Here's the view we looked at every day.
When you roll with Halff, no luxury is overlooked. Waiting for us in our room when we checked in was a tray of fresh pineapple AND coconut chocolate covered strawberries. Because THIS is how we roll.
One other thing of note here is that our side of the island is the charred side. When I first heard this, I was a little like, "Um, not so pretty." But when you see it, it's really kind of shockingly lovely. Take a look.
People will actually take white stones out to the char areas to write environmentally friendly graffiti messages.
Pookie is exhausted, as he should be because his trip was even longer than mine and he did the volcano trip that day. He falls asleep even while I'm talking to him. And it's a perfect night: Ocean breeze, shamus hugs, a long drive in the dark, Evan Dando playing in the background, fresh flowers and fruit, and my little brother asleep and in Hawaii with two of our best friends. If I hadn't lived the trip and didn't already know it got better, I wouldn't know it got better. But it does.
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