July 5th, 2015

We woke up around 8 and I made grilled cheese sandwiches for breakfast for my niece and I. Rebecca who will only eat traditional breakfast foods in the morning had cereal.

We left the house around 10 and headed to a meet up with another teacher friend of Rebecca who works on a pig farm when he is not teaching. We got a tour of the farm, got to see pigs that were just born that morning, and huge pigs about to be sold. They also have bunnies that they sell for meat as well. We didn’t really tell my niece that all these animals were going to end up on somebody’s plate.

After the pig farm, we stopped at a fruit stand for a coconut. We made our way to a taco stand where we had lunch and watched the first half of the Women’s World Cup final. After lunch we went to Pounder’s beach were my niece and I boogie boarded. Before we got in the water, I found some Portuguese Man-Of-War jellyfish washed up on the shore. Last year my niece was stung by a man-of-war and nearly ruined her day. I gave her the option of going in the water, or finding another beach. After thinking about it for a minute, she ran into the water and didn’t look back. We played in the waves for a couple hours and then it was off to Ted’s bakery for some pie, and then to Haleiwa for Hula Dogs and shopping.

We drove home, took quick showers and then went to the theater to watch the latest Jurassic World movie. We got home around 10 and got ready for bed, even though my niece and I were up chatting until nearly midnight.

June 24th, 2015

We left the house around noon where it was sunny, and headed to find a beach on the windward side. We were met with rain for most of the drive. The beaches were completely empty and I kept trying to get Rebecca to stop at one so I could go splashing in the waves. I don’t see the problem of getting rained on while in the ocean, its not like I’m going to get wetter. She was looking to sit on the beach and read a book, so anything involving rain was out of the question. We headed up to the north shore and stopped to ask about buying a used surfboard. Anything of descent quality was going for around $400.

We drove to Haleiwa where we got Hula Dogs and then I got an iced coffee before I bought a bottle of coconut volcano lotion and a bar of coconut soap with a mesh thing inside for to scrubbing. I think girls call it a loofa, or loopa. I’m not sure what they call it, but it smells good. Our next stop was the new North Shore Goodies store. I bought a 50 ounce jar and they gave us a jar of strawberry jam and a goodie bag filled with magnets, and a pen, and a bottle opener/flashlight/measuring tape.

We drove up to Ka’ena point, which is the very end of the road. We got out and inspected the tide pools, crawled over the sharp lava rocks, watched the waves, and basically had a good time at the beach without getting wet. I tried to convince Rebecca to stay and watch the sunset, but it was still 3 hours away and she was tired so we drove home. I dropped off my bag and headed to the store for frozen pizza and we ate while watching a movie about a robot who receives artificial intelligence and learns how to be sentient.

May 24th, 2015

Rebecca woke me up at 9 am. Last night she scoffed in disbelief when I went to the store for chips and soda “for breakfast”. Once I was awake enough to have control of my motor functions, I strolled into the kitchen and had chips and soda for breakfast. She ate leftover pancakes. We drove up to Pounder’s beach, on the north east corner of the island where we met up with the Arments and Boones. The three of us guys spent the afternoon boogie boarding while the girls sat on the shore, I’m fairly certain they were judging our wave catching ability. If they had numbered cards to put up after each wave, I’m sure we all would have not gotten above a 6.5.

We all sat in the sand for a while talking about the best and worst parts about moving here, and the Boones headed to their rental to clean up for the luau they were going to attend this evening. We followed Jim and Jen to a hot dog food truck in Haleiwa that made me re-think Opals as my favorite restaurant. There are so many different choices of relish and mustards, that I will need to go back to figure out which is my favorite. We got a chance to talk to Jim and Jen for a while and then they headed to their rental and we went home. The Beals and Arments were going to have dinner at Uncle Bo’s, but Rebecca didn’t want to go there three nights in a row, or intrude, so she cooked a piece of fish and sweet potatoes and I went to the store and got a frozen pizza and a movie to keep me entertained. Having exhausted so much of my energy into boogie boarding earlier, I was tired, I think I only stayed up until 1.