hawai'i

the royal hawaiian, wherest we stayed

wikky-wacky beach, too many peeps

alyssa and i are not being photo-bombed, 

that is kyle, alyssa's super rad, hysterical bro

miss you, bro

pic 10

men: meet kaipo&kaimi far left

if you are ever in a life rut

my advice is that you go to hawaii.

 i realize that not everyone is a "beach person"

(how people are not beach people is so weird to me, but ok)

so you may not like sitting on a beautiful beach all day in perfect weather

(again, what? why? how?)

in that case, "find your beach"

my other advice is do not take a full day tour

in which you are dropped off at the 

polynesian cultural center for SEVEN HOURS.

SEVEN HOURS!

an entire school day at the polynesian cultural center, i did it.

don't do it. it's not cool, it started out cool (kind of)

but after maybe less than 2 hours, you still have 5 more hours to go

and by 6pm literally, you will howl at the moon. 

we did. see pic 10 above.

let's talk men.

now i'm positive i met two of the most gentlemen men 

i've ever met in my life. they also were of football-player-size-stature.

we call this a win-win.

we also call it i am going to be single forever.

standards raised, and i don't say that for anyone.

still think about it daily, chivalry is not dead in hawaii.

this trip was about 4 weeks ago and

i'll be going back.

ever since i've returned and came out of the mini one-day depression

that i wasn't there anymore,

i have felt completely refreshed,

i have been so appreciative of family, work, play, friends, life.

sounds cheesy, but it's true.

thank you to jade, kaipo, and kaimi for making it such a memorable first trip,

we'll be seeing you real soon!